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AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER
TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER. MAT. 24: 31.
10-( 4,
SO WILL I SEEK OUT MY SHEEP, AND WILL DELIVER THEM OUT OF ALL PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE
BEEN SCATTERED IN THE CLOUDY AND DARE DAY. EZEK. 34: 12.. des. 32.39
VOLUME XXIV. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904. NUMBER 19
THE SINGLE HEAD OF WHEAT.
All my daily tasks were ended
And the hush of night had come,
Bringing rest to weary spirits,
Calling many wanderers home.
" He that goeth forth and weepeth,
Bearing golden sheaves of wheat,
Shall return again rejoicing,
Laden with the harvest sweet."
This I read and deeply pondered,
What of seed my hand had sown,
What of harvest I was reaping
To be laid before the throne.
While my thoughts were swiftly glancing
O'er the path my feet had trod,
Sleep sealed up my weary eyelids
And a vision came from God.
In the world's great field of labor
All the reapers' tasks were done,
Each one hastened to the Master
With the sheaves that he had won.
Some with sheaves so poor and scanty,
Sadly told the number o ' er ;
Others staggered ' neath the burden
Of the golden grain they bore.
Gladly then the pearly gateways
Opened wide to let them in,
And they sought the Master's presence,
With their burdens rich or thin.
Slowly, sadly, with the reapers,
Who had labored long and late,
Came I, at the Master's bidding,
And was latest at the gate.
There apart from all the others,
Weeping bitterly, I stood:
I had toiled from early morning,
Working for the others' good.
Where one friend had fallen fainting,
By his piles of golden grain,
With a glass of cooling water
I revived his strength. again.
And another, worn and weary,
I had held and cheered a while,
Till, her failing strength returning,
She went forward with a smile.
And the others I had aided
While the golden moments fled,
Till the day was spent, and evening
On the earth her tear- drops shed:
And I to the Master's presence
Came with weary, toil- worn feet,
Bearing, as my gathered harvest,
But a single head of wheat.
So, with tearful eyes, I watched them,
As, with faces glad and bright,
One by one they laid their burdens
Down before the throne of light.
Ah! how sweetly, then, the blessings
Sounded to my listening ear:
" Nobly done, my faithful servants,
Rest now in your mansions here."
Then I thought with keenest sorrow,
Words like these are not for me:
Only those with heavy burdens
Heavenly rest and blessings see;
Yet I love the Master truly,
And I've labored hard since dawn,
But I have no heavy burden:
Will He bid me to be gone I
While I questioned thus in sadness,
Christ, the Master, called for me,
And I knelt before him saying,
" I have only this for thee.
" I have labored hard, 0 Master,
I have toiled. from morn till night,
But I sought to aid my neighbors,
And to make their labors light;
" So the day had passed unnoticed,
And to- night with shame I come,
Bringing as my gathered harvest,
But a single wheat- head home."
SMALL THINGS.
BY MARY COLE.
" FOR who hath despised the day of
small things ?" Zech. 4: 10. I imagine
I hear some one say, " I have not." As
God's ministers and workers we would do
vell• to consider this matter a moment and
see if we have been as innocent on this line
as we thought. Jesus is our pattern, and
the find him, the lowly Nazarene, at the
well preaching a whole sermon to one
woman. His subject was weighty. The
woman, after receiving the good news,
went and told the whole city. Through
this humble effort and small beginning
the light of the gospel reached many hearts
— because Jesus was willing to break the
bread of life to even one poor hungry soul.
God's ways are not our ways. " For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.'' Isa.
55 : 9. The dear Lord did not say, " This
is too small a congregation for me. Give
me a large crowd; then I will preach."
Did you ever stop to think that it is the
ones and twos scattered here and there
over the face of the earth who are going
through to the glory world? " One of a
city, and two of a family." Jer. 3: 14.
These are the last days, the gleaning
time. " Yet gleaning grapes shall be left
in it, as the shaking of an olive- tree, two
or three berries in the top of the upper-most
bough, four or five in the outmost
fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord
God of Israel." Isa. 17: 6. Have you
been willing to take time to preach to a
congregation of one, or of a half dozen?
Do you draw your inspiration from God,
or from the large crowds? Do you deem
it not worth while to preach when so few
souls come out to meeting? Oh, may the
Lord help us to be humble enough to min-ister
to the few. I say " humble enough,"
because I truly believe that some exalta-tion
is creeping in when ministers despise
small crowds and only enjoy preaching
where the congregations are largest. When
a preacher gets disgusted with small con-gregations
and feels little or no inspira
ton to labor with the few hungry souls
that do attend, he is not humble enough yet
for God to have his perfect Way with him.
Let us give this a little prayerful
thought. Is it a real love for souls and a
humble desire to please Jesus that con-strains
you to labor ? or is there a little
secret inclination toward the big preacher
If you knew God sent you to a certain
place, how would you feel if only a few
came out to meeting? Would you feel
like running away, and besides give the
people of the town a good scoring for not
attending the meeting? If you will take
this matter to God and consider it prayer-fully,
you may be able to see how much
the crowds have to do with your preach-ing.
The most thorough and lasting work is
not always done in large congregations.
If only a few come to meeting, and they
are willing to receive the truth, humble
themselves and get salvation, and live firm
and true to God; you will have done as
much lasting good, perhaps, as if you had
preached to hundreds. Of course, the
greater the congregation, the more people
will be left without excuse in the day of
judgment. Sometimes it is only a. very
few out of a large congregation that ac-cept
the truth and get saved. It takes a lit-tle
more love, humility, and compassion to
preach to small numbers. Now shall we
overlook the Master's plan ? Shall we starve
the few hungry, famishing souls because
their neighbors do not want the truth'
Jesus said, " Strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find it." Mat. 7: 14.
" Fear not, little flock ; it is your Father's
good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
Luke 12; 32_ Look at the great oak. Its
beginning was very small— once a little
acorn. The church of the living God has
stood for ages. " She that looketh forth
as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as
the sun, and terrible as an army with ban-ners."
S. of Sol. 6: 10.
Of what is she composed? One true
child of God hid away in some secluded
country plaee; two or three standing alone
in some crowded city, where sin abounds,
and the masses are going heedlessly down
to destruction. Because they are so few
and scattered, should we neglect to shep-herd
them ? Is this the example Jesus
set? Search the Word and see. 0 dear
ones, let us not lose the simplicity of the
gospel which characterized the New Tes-tament
church. Let us search ourselv, s
closely to see if we are lacking on th is
line. If we have diverged in the least, let
us retrace our steps and get back to the
old land marks, where we can fill the pIae(:
of New Testament ministers and shepherds
of the flock. To shepherd and can- for
the few may not put cash in your pocket,
but it will put stars in your crown of re-joicing.
" They that be wise shall . shin,
as the brightness of the firmame: It and
they that turn many to righteousness as
the stars forever and ever." Dan. 12:
SELP- DENIAL.
BY 0. B. REYNOLDS.
" IF any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me." Mat. 16. 24. This, dear
ones, is just as much of a commandment
as is, to repent, but how few seem to real-ize
this. My heart has been stirred on this
line in the last few weeks because of the
lack of this among the dear saints. Many
are so burdened with the affairs of this
life that they seem to think they have no
time to pray, or attend public worship ;
especially if there is no revival going on.
They say they are so . tired that when night
comes they do not feel like going to meet-ing.
Still they try with all the power they
have to hold on to God. Oh, what a sad
failure
- Dear ones, listen to what God's Word
says : " man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of this life ; that
he may please him who hath chosen him
to be a soldier." 2 Tim. 2: 4. " Not for-saking
the assembling of ourselves togeth-er,
as the manner of some is ; but exhort-ing
one another: and so much the more,
as ye see the day approaching." Heb. 10:
25. " Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal : for where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also." Mat. 6 : 19, 21.
These texts surely mean something; yet
we find many professed saints are seeking
after this world's goods, trying to hold
to this world and also keep salvation. Many
do not even deny themselves of a few pen-nies
to support the gospel, and have money
on deposit. They do hot take the Lord's
paper, but give three dollars per year for
a daily in order to get the markets. I -
have known some to even dress so shabbily
that it would bring a reproach on God's
cause, when at the same time, possibly,
they had sold two hundred dollars' worth
of stock, with no debts to meet. Oh, dear
ones, throw away such a profession and
repent, dig deep and strike the rock, where
your all sufficiency is Christ, and you can
say with our beloved Paul: " What things
were gain to me, those I counted loss for
Christ." Let us lay all on the altar, our-selves
included, and we will see this glori-ous
evening light spread as never before.
Let us take our position where • od's
Word places us, for we are there anyhow.
" Love not the * rid, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not
in him." 1 John 2: 15. Surely, the life
of a Christian is a self- denying one. Let
us notice what Jesus did for us on the self-denial
line. He left his Father's home,
came to this wicked world and suffered as
no man suffered. All for our sins ! At a
certain time one said to him, " I will fol-low
thee whithersoever thou goest. And
Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and
birds of the air have nests; but the Son of
man hath not where to lay his head."
Luke 9: 57, 58. Have any of us gone that
far in self- denial as to have no place to
call home?
Yes, dear reader, many saints whom God
has called to go into his vineyard have no
place on this earth which they can call
home. They have sold all they possessed
in this world, and gave the price of it to
be used in the cause of God, Whi/ e they
went into this wicked and friendless world
to battle against sin; choosing rather to
suffer affliction with the people of God
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
season. Heb. 11: 25.
How is it with you2 Have you seen those
brethren compelled to leave the gospel field
and labor with their hands to support
their families, while your granaries were
full of wheat and corn; smoke- houses full
of meat and lard, and cellars full of pota-toes,
vegetables, and fruit? If this is your
condition, read the following scripture an .
meditate upon it: " But whoso hath this
world's good, and seeth his brother have
need, and shutteth up his bowels of com-passion
from him, how dwelleth the love
of God in him?" 1 John 3: 17.
Mother Eve fell in the beginning over
self. She desired self- gratification. Hence,
we find the Word saying, " For the love
Then I laid it down with weeping,
At his blessed, pierced feet,
And he smiled upon my trembling-
Ah! his smile was passing sweet.
" Child, it is enough," he answered,
" All I asked for, thou hast brought,
And among the band of reapers,
Truly, bravely Nast thou wrought.
" This was thy appointed mission
Well hast thou performed thy task;
Have no fear that I will chide thee
This is all that I would ask."
Then I woke: but long the vision
In my heart I pondered o'er,
While I tried to see what meaning
Hidden in its depth it bore.
And at length its lesson slowly
Dawned upon my wondering mind,
Never mind what others gather,
Do whate'er thy hands can find.
If it be thy lotted mission
Thus to serve the reaper band,
And the evening find thee weary
With an empty sheafless hand:
Let thy heart be never troubled,
Faithfully fulfil thy task;
Have no fears that he will chide thee,
Heavy sheaves he will not ask.
— Selected.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
of money [ self- gratification] is the root
of all evil." 1 Tim. 6: 10.- She desired to
be as God, know good from evil, and
bought it, and thereby threw the whole
world in wickedness, which was the price
of it. We often hear it said, " I want to
lay up something for my children." If your
children are intelligent, and industrious
they do not need your money, for an in-dividual
of that character has ample op-portunities
to accumulate in this life
without any outside help. And if
your children are spendthrifts and
reckless, your money would lie det-rimental
to them, and perhaps run
them deeper in sin. So, dear reader, obey
the word found in Mat. 6: 19, and use
your time, talent, and means to the glory
of God. Then this precious promise is
yours: " For we know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
2 Cor. 5: 1.
I feel that God's ministers are largely
to blame for this state of affairs. While
we have held up the Bible standard on.
" Wherefore do ye spend money on that;
which is not bread [ Isa. 55: 2] ?" and a
hireling ministry, we have failed to raise
it on self- denial; and the devil has taken
advantage of this and whispered in the
people's ears, " You need not give any--
thing," awl thus has side- tracked a great
many. I have gone into communities
where this spirit existed. Some dear ones
who had previously been there had raised
the one and failed to raise the other, and
when the Word went forth on the line of
giving, some would cry, " See, they are run-ning
into Babylon," and, " You are after
the money," and thereby Satan would try
to hinder the work. I am fully convinced
that when we raise the standard on one
line we should not fail to raise it on the
other also, for Satan does not care; he will
push us over the line or stop us before we
reach it. But we hear the Word say, " Let
no man deceive you with vain words: for
because of these things cometh the wrath
of God upon the children of disobedi-ence."
Eph. 5: 6. You see by this text
that God holds us responsible if we fail
to obey his Word, and we as the ministers
are responsible if we fail to raise a per-
, feet standard for the people to follow.
Jesus says, " And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me"
( John 12 : 32), and to lift up his Word
is to lift up Christ.
Many times the enemy comes around
and says, " You need not speak on that
line, as the people know that; and if you
keep silent, they will see you are not after
money." This is another falsehood which
comes from the father of lies. Some people
have been fleeced by sect Babylon for so
many years that when they get free they
feel so light and free from the yoke of sect
bondage that the devil takes advantage
of it and settles them clear below the Bible
line. We as shepherds, who watch over
God's sheep, should be careful and warn
them of this danger. Those that are
strong must support the weak. Always
bear in mind this scripture: " Faith conies
by hearing." Read Rom. 10: 14- 17. I am
fully persuaded that a great many of God's
. ministers, for one, have let down on this
line, but, dear ones, I have renewed my
covenant with God, and taken a stand
against Satan, and will not shun to declare
the whole counsel of God. I request the
prayers of the church that I may ever keep
humble and do his bidding; for the salvo-
• tion of precious souls depends upon God's
ministry. Amen.
countable to God for the use of every abil-ity
we possess. Do not think by using' one
of your talents or part of your means for
God, you can use the remainder to please
yourself ( for in so doing you would most
surely, either directly or indirectly, use
them for the adversary) ; and that God
will then reward you as having been faith-
The Lord's way of looking at these
things, or his standard of equality is
shown again in his judgment as rendered
in the case of the widow and the rich cast-ing
money into the treasury. " And Jesus
sat over against the treasury, and beheld
how the people cast money into the treas-ury.
And many that were rich cast in
much. And there came a certain poor
widow, and she threw in two mites, which
make a farthing. And he called his dis-ciples,
and saith unto them, Verily I say
unto you, that this poor widow bath cast
more in than all they which have cast into
the treasury." - Why Because she had
east in a greater amount in dollars and
cents? Ah, no, but because she cast in all
she had, even all her living. The others
gave of their riches. They gave a part;
while she gave all. So it is in giving
means for the support and spreading of
the gospel to- day. God does not require
that some be burdened and others eased.
This would he the ease were all required to
give the same amounts. If a meeting is
held in your place, or there is a call for
help from any point, do not determine how
much you will give by the amount that
some other brother or sister expects to give,
but let each give as God has prospered him.
If Brother A is worth $ 500, and Brother
B $ 5000, would it be equal if they should
each give $ 5 ? - Brother A would be giving
one one- hundredth of what he possessed,
while Brother B would only be giving one
one- thousandth part, or one tenth as much
as A, proportioning it in this way. In an
other way Brother A would have $ 495 left,
while Brother B had $ 4,995. You see this
is not equal at all.
Let us then, each and every one, see to
it that we do and give according to our
individual ability and as God prospers us
individually. " For we dare not make our-selves
of the number, or compare ourselves
with some that commend themselves ; but
they measuring themselves by themselves,
and comparing themselves among them-selves,
are not wise. .. . But according to
the measure of the rule which God bath
distributed to us, . . for not he that
commendeth himself is approved, but
whom the Lord commendeth." 2 Cor. 10:
12- 18. Let us give as - God requires of us,
or rather, as he wishes us and enables us to
give. Let no one try to hide . behind
another, but each live directly unto God;
for to him we must each give direct per-sonal
account. If A wastes all that he has,
B will not have to give account for it. And
again, if B excuses himself from giving
because A is not doing so, or because C has
greater possessions than he, or because
some one else is slothful, or is a poor man-ager,
will this excuse B before God? No;
B must give account of B ' s actions, and
the use to which B has put his money, etc.
And perhaps he can, by setting a. good ex-ample,
provoke some of the others to love
ad good works.
An other point we feel like noticin g is
concerning managing. When some one
who is poor is in need of help, so often
some one is ready to excuse themselves
from giving because the party in need does
not manage well. No doubt it is generally
true. But did you ever think why they
do not manage so well as you do? Is it
not because they have not the ability? Do
you not possess more talent in this line?
Perhaps they are using all they have and
are doing the best they know. This is as
munch as you are doing; so do not corn-plain,
but rather thank the Lord for the
ability and judgment you have and use ' it
- to his glory and be merciful to your
brother who is less blessed; and instead of
despising his weakness, if you have oppor-tunity,
teach him better. Perhaps there is
some other line in which the Lord has to
be merciful with you, some other line i.-- u
which you are weak.
If every one could but learn the blessed
secret of doing all you can ( to make a more
direct application let each read it. doing
all I can, giving all I can), this world would
no doubt be a somewhat better world.
doubt all will at once agree, and say, " Oh,
yes, God is equal, certainly. He does not
require any more of one than he does of
another." Very well, we will consider the
matter, and you may each test yourself
again at the close and see if you still agree
so well, and also see if your ways are equal
as ( in like manner, we mean) the Lord's
are. We will first notice a few scriptures.
" For the kingdom of heaven is as a man
traveling into a far country, who called
his own servants, and delivered unto them,
his goods. And unto one he gave five tal-ents,
to another two, and to another one;
to every man according to his several abil-ity."
Mat. 25: 14, 15. " But the mani-festation
of the Spirit is given to every
man to profit withal. For to one is given
by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to an-other
the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spir-it;
to another the gifts of healing by the
same Spirit; to another the working of
miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another
discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpre-tation
of tongues: but all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing
to every man se .• erally as he will." 1 . Cor.
12: 7- 11. " But unto every one Of us is
given grace according to the measure of
the gift of Christ." Eph. 4: 7. " For I
say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think
of himself more highly than he ought to
think; but to think soberly, according as
God bath dealt to every min the measure
of faith." Rom. 12: 3. " Having then gifts
differing according to the grace that is
given to us, whether prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the proportion of
faith," etc. Rom. 12: 6. " For if there be
first a willing mind, it is accepted accord-ing
to that a man hath, and not according
to that he bath not." 2 Cor. 8: 12.
By these scriptures we see that equality
with God does not mean that he requires
of all persons the same amount in actual
value or quantity, but that he rates accord-ing
to ability; not by the poll or head; hut
as each is able. If you have twice as much
ability to labor in his vineyard as I have,.
will he expect like amounts of work from
us? Nay ; for if this were true, it would
he very unequal. While I might be doing
all I had ability for, and you were accom-plishing
the same amount, yet you would
only be using one- half your ability, and
the other half would be lying idle, which
would certainly be as bad as the man who -
let his talent lie idle.
We will consider further the parable of
the talents as recorded in Mat. 25: 14- 30.
To one he gave five, to another two, and
to another one. The one who had the five
used them all and gained five others beside.
The one who had two used both and gained
two more. The one which had one talent
hid Ins lord's money. It was . oniy one tal-ent
though. You will remember his lord's
punishment'for hiding the same. " Take
the talent from him and cast him into
outer darkness," etc. Suppose the one
who had two talents had used one and
buried the other, do you presume his lord
had held him guiltless? Is not a talent
a talent whether it be the only one you
have or whether it be one of several? God
wants all, and all to be used.
So we will find it in every line and in
every part ( if God's work. Those to whom
little is given, there is but little required.
It is with every person " according to that
a man bath," and " he that had gathered
much had nothing over; and he that had
gathered little had no lack." God requires
of every one of us all that we have ; just
an unconditional surrender of all that we
have, are, or ever expect to have or be.
" So likewise, whosoever he be of you that
foraaketh not all that he bath, he can not
be my disciple." Luke 14: 33. " I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service." Rom. 12 : 1.
The apostle goes right on in this same
chapter then and tells us that after we
have given ourselves over, to let every man
think of himself soberly, according as God
has dealt to him the measure of faith. Tie
is now, after surrendering, just what God
malees of him, or causes or enables him to
be. IIe is then ready to use his gift ac-cording
to the grace given, according to
the proportion of faith. Each of us is ac-
There would be more happy, satisfied pe a-ple
in it any way, Try it for a year, dear-ly
beloved, and see what the results will
be. Live close to God, where he can talk
to you, and put forth every effort possible
for the spread of the gospel. Give jest all
that lies in your power to give. Time is
short and Satan is doing his utmost to cap-ture
and keep souls, and it behooves us to
do likewise. Amen. God bless all- yth( t
readers.
JERUSALEM.
BY A. D. KHAN.
To the Christian mind and the Biblical
student no other city on the face of the
earth possesses a tithe of the interest and
attraction of this " City of the Great
King;" and notwithstanding its great
drawbacks and disadvantages, its filth and
dirt, and its want of all modern improve-ments,
it is still considered the " joy of
all the earth." Its romantic and Scriptural
associations of the past, and its vague and
mystical anticipations of the future, to-e-
ether with its present humiliation and
de gradation, create a peculiar charm upon
even- visitor who conies within its walls,
and they remind him of its wonderful and
eventful history.
The earliest mention perhaps of this'
great city is to- be found in the Book of
Genesis ( Gen. 14: 18), and that in connec-tion
with that wonderful priest— King
Melchizedek of Salem. It is considered by
many that Salem was the ancient name
for Jerusalem. But the city became the
center of attraction from the time of Da-vid,
and it is supposed that he reclaimed it
from the Jebusites, whose capital it was
for centuries before the Jewish conquest.
David fortified the city and built towers,
and made the plan for the Temple. Solo-mon,
his son, however, adorned it with
glory and beauty; and to crown all, be built
that wonderful edifice known as the Temple
of the most high God. Truly it was one
of the wonders of the world, and the glory
of the Jewish nation.
But unfortimately the glory of this
earthly Jerusalem was not to remain for-ever.
Shortly after Solomon's time the
kingdom was divided between Judah. and
Israel ; and on account of the rival capital
of Israel, Jerusalem lost a great deal of
its importance and magnificence. Besides,
during the next four centuries after Sol-omon,
it suffered from no less than five
great hostile attacks, which wrought much
damage to its strength and beauty. The
first of these was made by Shishak, king
of Egypt, during the reign of Rehoboam
( 1 Kin. 14: 25- 27), when Jerusalem was
attacked and the treasury of the temple
a- as plundered and robbed. ( 2) Next dur-ing
the reign of Jehoram, came the Phili-stines
and the Arabians, who broke into
the city and carried away all the substance
that was found in the king's house.
2 Chron. 21: 16, 17. ( 3) . The third at-tack
was made by Joash, king of Israel,
who broke through the city wall, and plun-dered
the temple of Jerusalem. 2 Chr. 25:
22- 24. ( 4) The fourth attack was made
by Rezin, king of Syria, in the reign of
Ahaz. 2 Kin. 16: 5. ( 5) The fifth at-tack
was made by Sennaeherib,- king of
Assyria, when Hezekiah was reigning in
Tudah. 2 Kin. 18: 13- 37. But the work
of destruction and - devastation was brought
to a climax when the great city was be-seiged
by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and
was utterly destroyed. Then came the sad
period of Jewish captivity, during which
the sacred city lay in desolation and ruin.
The work of restoration and repair be-gan
under Zerubbabel and Joshua after
the return from Babylon and was contin-ued
by Ezra and Nehemiah. The work of
restoration continued and Jerusalem em
joyed comparative peace and prosperity
for a period of more than one hundred
years. In B. C. 332 the city surrendered
to the great Macedonian conqueror Alex-his
death it fell into the hands of Ptolemy
as: dteerr: who held it for a time. But after
king of Egypt. The next great ca-lamity
that befel Jerusalem was the hostile
attacks of Antiochus Epiphanes in B. C.
170 and 168. The Syrian king tried to
enforce Greek idolatry upon the Jews,
which aroused the Israelite nobles, and
after desperate fighting they defeated the
Syrian king and delivered their ow?? city.
EQUALITY.
BY NORA DODGE.
IN looking through God's Word, and in
considering his creation, especially his new
creation— his redeemed people; and in ex-amining
his church, the beautiful struc-ture
built by himself ; and seeing its ma g
- nificent perfection and yet its great sim-plicity,
its perfect order of government
and harmony, we are compelled to notice
the equality in God's ways. In all his
laws, regulations, and requirements we see
equality.
In this little message we wish, by the
help of the Spirit, to show up on some
points, what equality with God is. No
THE GOSPEL - TRUMPET 3. May 12, 1904.
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But the prosperity and freedom of Jeru-salem
was not destined to last any length
of time. Family dissension and national
trouble soon brought civil war, which
invited the Romans to interfere. So Pom-pey
captured Jerusalem after a lung and
terrible seige, during which more than
12,000 Jews perished, in B. C. 64. Par-thians
were the next who attacked Jeru-salem
and took possession of it; but they
did not retain it- long. Herod the Great,
au ambitious Idiumean prince, being as-sisted
by the Romans, took possession of the
city. During Ilerod's reign Jerusalem was
rebuilt and the walls renewed and enlarged
and the Temple was restored and rebuilt.
It was this Temple that our Lord saw and
prophesied against. The disciples were in-deed
astonished at the magnificence and
beauty of this splendid • superstructure
and called the attention of our Lord to it
as they passed by, which brought the sig-nificant
words from our Lord concerning
the future destruction of the Temple and
the City. Forty years after this prophetic
judgment was pronounced, the Roman
hosts under Titus laid siege to Jerusalem,
and after a long period of massacre and
bloodshed the great city was razed. The
beautiful Temple was utterly destroyed,
the very foundation was ploughed, so that
not one stone of the suberb edifice was
allowed to remain upon another, thus ful-filling
Christ's infallible words. After the
destruction of Jerusalem, the city remained
in desolation and ruin for about sixty
years, after which the Roman Emperor
I1 adrin expelled all the Jews and Chris-tians
from Jerusalem and rebuilt the city
under a new name. After a long continued
struggle which resulted in no important
issue, Jerusalem was at last declared as
a patriarchal seat of Christendom in A.
D. 451. In 614 the city was ennquered
by the Persian King Khosroe II. The Ro-mans
made another attempt to regain the
city, but their conquest was short- lived.
' Tress came the conquering Mohammedans
tinder Omar and took possession of Jeru-salem,
and built a magnificent mosque on
the very spot where the Temple of Solomon
stood. This edifice is still existing and is the
possession of the Turks. The Kumla of
Mount Moriah, on which the Jewish temple
was built, can still be seen, under the dome
of the mosque. Next to the mosque to the
south is another temple, called by the Mo-hammedans
" Al Eksa" ( the holy sanc-tuary),
on the Alount Lion ; and under-neath
call still be seen the historic Stable
of Solomon. The ' Golden Gate in the East
is still to be seen, but it has been closed by
the Turks since the erection of their
mosque. Next to the Temple area are the
barracks of the soldiers where our Lord
was mocked and scourged by the Roman
soldiers, and also where a few years later
Paul was dragged and whence he spoke to
the angry mob ( Acts 23), and where he was
kept. in charge before his remove! to Gzes-a
rea. Acts ' 23: 33.
GODLY JEALOUSY FOR THE CHILDREN.
BY NOR.' HUNTER.
• ATH ER the people, sanctify the et- ill-gregation,
assemble the elders, gather the
aildren, and those that suet_ the breast:
let the bridegroom go forth of his Amin
ber, and the bride out of her closet." Joel
2: 16. " Gather the children." This is
a command from heaven. How shall we
obey it? This is one of the questions that
should interest every parent of our land.
The Catholics and many Protestant de-nominations
are very zealous to have their
children embrace the same faith they have
embraced, and to this end they are taught
with strict rigidity from early infancy.
Many of them send their children oft to
schools where they have teachers of their
belief and where they mingle only with
children of the same belief. how is it
with us, beloved saints of God? Have we
diligently taught our little ones the evils
of society and of the darkness and sinful-ness
of seetism? Many little Catholic chil-dren
have real bitterness against Protestant
children. Why is this? It is taught and in-stilled
into them by the teaching and ex-amples
of the parents. While we are not
to hate people, neither are we to teach our
children to hate people, yet the works of
the flesh, of which seetism ( heresy) is a part
( Gal. 6: 9- 21), and should be held in abhor-rence
by all the children of the saints of
the Most I l i gh.
" I will open my mouth in a parable:
I will utter dark sayings of old : which
we have heard and known, and our fathers
have told us. We will not hide them from
their children, showing to the generation
to come the praises of the Lord, and his
strength, and his wonderful works that
he bath done. For he established a tes-timony
in Jaeob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers,
that they should make them known to their
children : that the generation to come
might know them. even the children which
should be born; who should arise and de-clare
them to their children : that they
might set their hope in God, and not for-get
the works of God, but keep his com-mandments:
and might not be as their fa-thers,
a stubborn and rebellious genera-tion
; a generation that set not their heart
aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast
with ' God." Psa. 78: 2- 8.
In the days of the patriarchs and proph-ets
the records of the wonderful works
of God were very few, and most that the
people knew of God in those days was what
was handed down by the fathers from gen-eration
to generation, as they did not have
a Bible in nearly every home as we have
to- day. God " established a testimony in
Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers that they
should make them known to their chil-dren."
Ter. 5. Make what known? " The.
praise of the Lord, and his strength, and
his wonderful works that he hath
Ter. 4. What was the object God had in
view in commanding the fathers from gen-eration
to generation to tell their children
these things? " That they might set their
hope in God, and not forget the works ' of
God, but keep his commandments." If this
had such a good effect upon the children
in olden times, I am persuaded it will do
the same to- day. I wonder how many
parents who read this ever sit down and
teach their children the right way, the
straight and narrow way, and warn them
against all false ways, the creeds of men,
etc.
I suppose you devote a little time each
week to reading the daily papers, etc.
How much time do you spend in secret
prayer and supplication that you may
know how to bring up your children " in
the intture and admonition of the Lord"?
Has your life been such that your children
are • convinced of the reality of salvation,
the purity and unity of God's church, or
do they go to sectarian Sunday- schools and
meetings in preference to going with you'
Our children are, and will be what we make
them by precept and example. I wonder
if all that read this can give account to
God with joy in the last day 2 leave we.
_ and are we doing all we can to " gather
the children"? Let us search our hearts
before God. If our own children are not
ready to step up and take father's or mo-ther's
place in the battle- field, how can
we expect the. children of seetarians and
sinners to do it? You who have children
who have grown up since you embraced
this glorious gospel of the kingdom, do
your children love and respect God, his
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
BY GEO. BAILE---..
Tills prominent mountain lies on the
east side of Jerusalem, the Brook Kedron
separating it from the Holy City. Kedruu
is a deep, rough canyon and must be crossed
by one passing from the city to the Mount
of Olives. Passing out at St. Stephen's
Gate on the east of the city, we passed
by the place where tradition says Stephen
was stoned. Here we saw people kissing
the large stone, and we saw candles burn-ing
there to mark the sacred spot,
Leaving this scene, we went perhaps ten
rods farther and crossed the stone bridge
which spans the Kedrou, and stood on
Olive's base. Six or eight rods from the
bridge brought us to the Garden of Geth-semane.
The Garden is enclosed by a
stone wall, perhaps fifteen feet high. Here
stand some very old olive- trees, one sup-posed
to have been standing there in
Christ's day. This is unmistakably the
spot where Jesus prayed in such agony
and said, " If it be possible let this cup
pass from me."
Just outside the Garden the Roman
Catholics have a stone where they say Jus'
das betrayed Jesus with a kiss ; also, the
Greek Catholics have another place where
they claimed he kissed Jesus. So the Ro-mans
are going and kissing one stone, and
the Greeks the other. I saw these poor
souls on their knees kissing those stones
and rubbing their faces against them.
Passing on from Gethsemane we follow-ed
the carriage road leading to Bethany.
The road winds along the foot of the Mount
of Olives. Both Bethany and Bethphage
: ire at the base, and on the south side of
the Mount of Olives. Along this road Jesus
missed with his disciples when he cursed
the fig- tree. It was here he stood when
lie said, " If ye have faith, and doubt not,
ye shall not only do this which is done to
the fig- tree, but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; it shall be done."
From the Garden of Gethsemane a foot-path
leads up the rocky mountain to the
summit. Here, again, we f. ind two places
pointed out as the spot from which Jesus
ascended. The Romans claim one spot
and have the " Church of the Ascension"
covering; the spot, the Greeks having an-
Ather. The mount is comparatively bare,
tatty a few small trees having been
planted or set there within the last fifteen
or twenty years. The only olives of any
; me or size are those in the Garden of
is ethsemane.
SHAMEFACEDNESS.
Tms word is of rare occurrence in the
Bible. It is found in 1 Tim. 2: 9,- and is
used in speaking of the Christians' dress.
Those who profess godliness should dress
: n modest apparel, with shamefacedness
. nd sobriety. Since we as Christians are
Aaamanded to have an experience of shame-
Fneedness, we ought to well understand
: he term, that we may know whether or
a t we have the experience. It means, to
have so tender a conscience toward God
that the slightest wrong done causes you
to stand with blushing face before him.
Some people seem to hare no shame of
- in. Some time ago while traveling we saw
; nine well dressed men drinking whisky
;' rim a flask, openly before all in the car.
They seemed to have no shame of their
sin. Doubtless they would have been
: shamed of Jesus, or to praise his name.
' hristian women whose souls are adorn-sd
with the beauty of this excellent grace
feel an uneasiness. and experience a sense
f shame before God with the smallest
thing in their apparel that is inconsistent
with modest Christianity. Any thing on
, heir persons merely to attract the eye of
admiration causes their faces to burn with
shame before God and before his purity-lovin
people. " Well," says one, " I can
Wear large- headed pins, and_ combs, in my
hair, and let it fall over my ears, and some
ra ribb( n, . rid have slotted seams in my
dress, and lace and trimmings on my un-der
elothes, etc., and experience no sense
of shame." Is that so ? If that is so, I
will tell you where you will experience a
sense of shame. You twill feel ashamed
to praise the Lord in some public worldly
htee. True shamefacedness is the strict-est
modesty, not only in dress, but in the
vs- hide conduct.
When we love God with all our hearts
and desire only his glory, we are ashamed
to do the slightest thing contrary to his
Word. Be careful you do not lose your
conscientiousness. At one time if you were
to do certain things your conscience would
reprove you, but now you can do them and
feel no uneasiness. You are drifting
away from God and had better return unto
him and become shamefaced before him.
Let me exhort you to cultivate this beau-teous
grace in your soul. It is a gem most
beautiful in the sight of God and of all
the pure in heart. Let your dress and words
and acts and general deportment be in
such simplicity and plainness as to testify
to the world and to God of your rich expe-rience
of modesty and shamefacedness.
C. O.
" Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen
for his own inheritance." Psa. 33: 12.
" He that giveth to the poor shall not
lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have
many a curse." Prov. 28 : 27.
Word, and his people? Do they go to
meeting and cause a disturbance during I
services ? Are they saved from sin to- da, e?
If they drift into worldliness, sin, and sect-ism,
I am persuaded by God's Word and
Spirit, that " sin lieth at the door.''
There are exceptions where one parent
is unsaved, but where both parents profess
to be saved and sanctified, and their chil-dren
hear the truth from infancy and
grow, up to be wicked and ungodly, and
marry sectarians, and perhaps preachers
who hate the truth and fight holiness, there
is surely something wrong some how, some
where, or else God's plan has failed utter-ly.
We can not conclude the latter, so the
former is inevitable. Let us not excuse
ourselves with the plea that the world is
so wicked, for God certainly knew just
how wicked the world would be when he
said, " I will make an everlasting covenant
with them, and their seed shall be known
among the Gentiles, and their offspring
among the people : all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the Lord hath blessed." ha. 61:
8, 9. Again, " They shall not labor in
vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they
are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and
their offspring with them." Oh, halle-luiah
for the glorious prophecy concern-ing
our children I . Let us take courage.
humble ourselves under God's mighty
hand, and let God work through us to will
and to do of his own good pleasure on this
line. e,
" Train up a child in the way he should
go : and when he is old, he will not depart
from it." Prov. 22: 6. This does not mean
that he will get saved in old age, perhaps
just in time to escape the, pit of damna-tion
; but be will get saved while in youth
through your godly teaching and example.
and " when he is old, he will not depart
from it." He would have to be in the
way before he could depart from it.
0 beloved, have we done our duty as we
will wish we had in the day of judgment 1
Perhaps you have meant to do the right
thing by your children but have failed.
What is the cause of the failure ? Perhaps
you have compromised as did the children
of Israel ( Neh. 13: 23- 26) and your chil-dren
can not speak the language of
Canaan. If you have it would be. good
to follow the example of Ezra 8: 21.
" Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the
river of Ahava, that we might afflict our-selves
before our God, to seek of him a
right way for us, and for our little ones,
and for all our substance." Let us follow
this example and humble ourselves before
the Lord in fasting and prayer, and ask
th: d to show us what to do to be more sue-eessful
in getting our children saved. I
feel a godly jealously for all the saints'
children, that they may grow up to be
men and women after God's own heart.
Let us lay this to heart more than ever be-fore.
I know of one sister who has proved
herself a real example on this line. Her
daughter was eonverted when very young.
The time came with her ( as it does with
all the young people) when the enemy tried
his best to overthrow her. Her dress, of
course, was plain and modest, and when
she went to school and meeting, little
taunts would be cast at her, and not be-ing
sanctified, of course, it hurt. She
would want just a little of this or that, but
her mother was firm and would not com-promise.
She would talk and pray with
the daughter until the - victory came. A
time or two the daughter gave up and sat
! ek among the sinners in the mr eeting.
mother told me of the awful agony
she suffered during the few hours she was
backslidden. She fasted and prayed until
the Spirit of God got hold of the daughter,
melted her up, and she was restored. Now
the girl is about twenty years old and has
a good settled experience of salvation.
This ought to be encouraging to our hearts,
dear parents. It will take days, weeks.
months, and years. ost carnest prayer: but
how glad we will be at the judgment bar
to see our beloved children on the right
hand of Jesus, ready to dwell with him
always, rather than to see them go away
into everlasting torment. ‘ Vhile the chil-dren
are young it is not so hard, but when
they get up in their teens then the battle
is on. With faith in God, a rebuke against
all evil, and a determination to please God,
ire can conquer if we will.
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NEWS FROM THE FIELD.
On the Arabian Sea, April 8.
Dearly Beloved Brethren and Trumpet
Readers : Again we greet you in the name
of Jesus. We are glad to report victory
in his name, and that all are well, rejoic-ing
in the God of our salvation. Since
our last report from Port Said, Egypt,
we have been constantly on the water.
Our ship was delayed a few hours at the
mouth of the Suez Canal on account of a
severe desert sand storm. There was no
rain, but there was a heavy gale of wind,
and the storm was so severe that the air
was filled with dust and sand making it
possible to see but a few rods at any time
until it abated. While traveling so long
on water we are unable to report any pub-lic
meetings ; but have been enabled to give
many private talks, and in various ways
work for the Lord, which we believe will
be fruitful in days to - come. No doubt a
few words about our journey would be of
interest. After going aboard the vessel
at Port Said, we received several rolls
of Gospel Trumpets. They were gladly
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1901.
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true that the kingdom of heaven does not
consist in meat or drink, but yet the same
scriptural law that requires us to be tem-perate
in all things would forbid the use
of such articles as are injurious to the
system.
Ques. Will you please answer in the
Trumpet whether you think it is wrong
for a Christian to attend the World's
Fair? G. M.
Ans. It would not be correct to say yes.
All would depend on the motive and pur-pose
and whether one could attend to the
glory of God.
Ques. Would you be so kind as to an-swer
whether or not feet- washing should
be private or public? R. J. F.
Ans. The ordinances of God's house,
such as the communion of the Lord's sup-per
and feet- washing, are designed ex-clusively
for the church, or children of
God, and do not pertain to the world.
Therefore, these are ordinances to be ob-served
by the children of God among them-selves.
On the other hand, it is not nec-essary
that they be observed by the chil-dren
of - God in a private manner, to the
exclusion of any unsaved person who may
be interested. Hence it is not necessary,
when it is desired to observe these or-dinances,
that an announcement be made
to sinners to assemble them as if to hear
the Word, but yet we should not exclude
any who wish to attend.
Ques. 1. " Is baptism of the Holy Ghost
immersion, or is the word baptized in Acts
1: 4, 5 immersion ? I was immersed about
two years ago and a man made me some-what
doubtful of immersion as the Holy
Ghost came from above."
Ques. 2. Should one attend a Bible
training- school to get a Bible education?
A. B. B.
Ans. 1. Real baptism, or baptism prop-er,
is the immersion in water, while the
baptism of the Holy Ghost is a figurative
use of the word. Acts 1: 5 reads as fol-lows
: " For John truly baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence." In
the figurative use of the word the features
contained in the real use are lost; thus
baptism in the downward and the upward
motion into and out of the element be-speaks
a death to sin and the world and a
resurrection to newness of life in Christ
Jesus. It also typifies the future resur-rection
of the dead. The baptism of the
Holy Ghost possesses none of these uses or
features. While this is true, it is also
unnecessary that the figurative use be a
downward and an upward motion into and
out of the element. It is sufficient that
there be a complete inundation or sub-merging
as from above or round about,
as was the case with the Holy Spirit bap-tism.,
Hence there is disagreement in
the uses of the word.
Ans. 2. A Bible training- school may
possess some advantages in gaining a Bible
education; but we believe that it is un-necessary
to attend such a school, since one
can obtain a Bible education by individual
study and prayer.
Sister Gloria G. Hale has gone home to
Kansas on account of the illness of her
father.
Sister Amy Watson left last Friday for
Pittsburg.
1vVe are glad to note the return of Bro.
Wm. Ebel, who has been absent from the
Office about two years, engaged in gospel
work.
When we meet some of God's children
from whom we have been separated for
some time, the joy we witness gives us a
faint idea of what it will be when Jesus
comes.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
QUESTION.
" I see by the Trumpet that the Office is
in debt. Is this scriptural? ' Owe no man
anything' is one of the plainest of biblical
requirements, and the breaking of it is as
much a sin as any other plain command of
God." N. D. W.
The word owe in the New Testament has
a somewhat different meaning from its
general use. It is taken from the Greek
word opheilo, which is defined delinquency.
To be delinquent means to offend by neg-lect
of duty or obligation; hence, in finan-cial
matters, as long as a man does not
offend his creditor by neglecting his obli-gations
he is not delinquent. If a man
gives his note for a certain sum of money.
he is not considered delinquent until the
note is due, and he has neglected to pay
it, and thereby offended his creditor.
" Owe no man anything" ; that is, do not
neglect to pay " tribute to whom tribute is
due ; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honor to whom honor." If a
thing is due a man, whether it be tribute,
custom, honor, or finance, do not neglect to
pay that which is due him at the time it
is due. This text does not teach that we
should contract no debts, but that we
should pay at the time they are due those
that we do make, and love one another.
D. 0. T.
Ques. Is coffee drinking an evil if in-dulged
in temperately? Do you believe
that coffee drinking alone would keep one
out of heaven? Physicians tell us that the
stimulating properties in coffee aid diges-tion
if used temperately, and is more
healthful at meal time than cold drinks,
for the latter have a tendency to lower the
temperature of the stomach and delay di-gestion.
Do you not think that coffee and
tea drinking would come under the head
of being temperate in all things? . We
know that lettuce contains opium, and
opium is a poison, I believe; yet we know
that lettuce is a healthful article of food.
The Word says that the kingdom of heav-en
is not in meat and drink, and then it
tells us to be temperate in all things. Will
you please explain these things in the
Trumpet? - C. C. 11.
Ans. The use of any beverage, even in a
moderate degree, is evil when it tends to
produce a craving or an appetite that is
satisfied only by indulgence in the use of
that beverage. Such an appetite is an ab-normal
one and tends to bondage. As to
the benefits or evils of coffee drinking, the
benefit consists probably in the warm
drink, but this benefit can be derived from
other warm drinks which are not injurious.
As to the stimulating properties, these are
only temporary and are therefore pro-duced
at the expense of one's vital force.
While some physicians may say that it has
a beneficial effect, they do not all say so,
but health writers in general rather con-demn
its use. The evil is that it causes a
craving which is unnatural and which
brings the individual into more or less
bondage. It brings the system into an ab-normal
condition which apparently re-quires
the . continued use of the beverage.
This is attested by the experience of
thousands. Many who were slaves to the
use of coffee on coming into the light and
experience of salvation realized that they
were saved from the use of this drink.
Perhaps all foods contain more or less of
properties, which, considered by them-selves,
are injurious, but the use of or-dinary
foods does not tend to enslave one
like the use of coffee or tea does. It is
received, as the last we had seen were
printed in January. Our company assem-bled
to hear the news from the home land.
First the office items were read in all the
papers, then the news from the field. We
were much rejoiced to learn of the pro-gress
of the work in America ; also glad
to tell you the Lord is opening avenues
for the pure gospel in many places in other
lands. The first part of our present jour-ney
was through the Suez Canal for a dis-tance
of about one hundred miles. The
canal is from two hundred to three hun-dred
feet in width, and extends through a
barren desert land. It requires from fif-teen
to - eighteen hours to make this trip,
as the government will not allow vessels to
travel over about six miles an hour in the
canal, and the vessel must be piloted
through by a government officer. After
passing out of the canal we came into the
Red Sea where we had about thirteen hun-dred
miles of smooth sailing before reach-ing
Aden, Arabia, in the Gulf of Aden.
We had not gone far after coming
into the Red Sea until we were re-minded
that we were passing the place
where the children of Israel crossed over
when fleeing from Pharaoh. To our right
was Egypt, whose shore was lined with
barren mountains, while on the left was
the wilderness, a waste of land without
vegetation. In the distance was the dim
outline of Mount Sinai, where the law
was given to Moses on two tables of stone.
To behold this scene would not require
much imagination to realize the necessity
of having a fervent trust in the Lord in
order to be supplied with food in such
desert country. But it was here that God
sent down the manna from heaven, from
day to day, in sufficient amount to supply
them with the necessary food.
As these places came before our vision
they brought remembrances of past events
of the manifestations of the power of God,
when the children of Israel were obedient,
and of his judgments when they were dis-obedient.
The same is true at the present
time. Obedience to the Word of God will
bring about a manifestation of his power
for good, and disobedience will call forth
his judgments.
As we continued our journey the sea
widened until land could be seen on neith-er
side.
At Aden, we were transferred to the
steamship Orient, bound for Bombay,
India. The next day we struck the mon-soons,
which lasted about one day and
night. Our vessel being a large one these
winds did not affect the sailing to any
great extent. For several days the ther-mometer
in our cabins has registered 80
degrees fahrenheit day and night. Our
time is passed in talking to passengers,
reading and studying the Word, writing,
singing and praying. Around us on every
side is water, with now and then a vessel
in sight and but little else to break the
monotony of the scene, except the little
flying- fishes gliding along above the water,
having almost the exact appearance of
birds, and also the shoals of porpoises, a
large kind of fish, leaping several feet a-bove
the water seeming to enjoy the sport.
Some time ago while on the Mediterranean
Sea we saw a large sea- monster only a
short distance from our vessel. Thus far
we have seen no whales.
We - expect to arrive at Bombay, early
to- morrow morning, April 9th, then we will
have about fifteen hundred miles overland
to Calcutta, at which place we hope to ar-rive
on Monday, 11th. E. E. Byrum.
Winchester, Ky., April 30.
Once more I write to inform you of the
prosperity of the cause of God where I
have been laboring. Since my last report
I have labored at Briceton, 0., in company
with Bro. and Sister Worden. Here a few
souls were saved, and the saints strength
- ened and encouraged. Then I wento
Springfield, 0., with Bro. A. J. Kilpatrick,
stopped at Castine, 0., and preached one
sermon on our way. I left Bro. A. J. Kil-patrick
at Springfield, and went to Dartall,
O., where it was necessary to look after
some trouble among the brethren. Here'
I met Bros. Axup and Naylor, Bro. war-ren
accompanying
the brethren a
mfee. w After meeting
times, the dear
Lord helped wonderfully in delivering his'
judgments against all contention, Welt
caused all who had stepped bide to
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
We receive many questions to be an-swered
which have recently been answered
in the Trumpet, and we do not care to
answer the same again. If those who have
questions would only carefully observe
the contents of the Trumpet from time to
time, probably the very information de-sired
will be given. It is impossible to
answer all that have been sent us. If any-thing
is urgent or demands an early reply
we will give special attention to the same
either in Trumpet or by letter.
OBITUARIES REFUSED.
Many obituaries sent for publication do
not state the place or residence of the de-ceased
party, so that no one would know
where they lived. This omission is per-haps
an oversight, but it is sufficient to
keep them out of print. See editorial in
last week's paper.
OFFICE ITEMS.
The workers are beginning to arrange
and systematize the work which will fall
to them during the camp- meeting, which
will mean the caring for the hundreds that
will attend, and the performance of many
other duties incidental to a large assembly.
Since the regular Trumpet workers will
undertake the camp- meeting work, we
trust the readers of the Trumpet will allow
us to omit one issue of the paper. See
editorials.
Bro. and Sister Decker, of New Florence,
Pa., have shipped us two firkins of apple-butter.
Another sister has arrived as a new
worker— Olga Gundersen, of New York
City, formerly from Norway.
May 12, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
their mistake, and by humbling themselves
before God proved themselves clear in the
matter, so that God restored unto them the
joys of his salvation without the loss of
any. It seems from what I could learn that a
bad spirit got among the Germans at Day-ton.
May the Lord help them to renounce
the rigid exacting spirit of the devil, and
get clear for God.
I was called home from this meeting by
telegram to the bedside of my dying. broth-er.
After his death I helped Bro. Bolds
in a meeting at Antwerp, 0. At the close
of this meeting we went to my home at
Payne, 0., where the brethren had com-menced
a meeting, and Bro. E. Ellis joined
them in the same. Having made previous
arrangements to commence a meeting at
Fort Jefferson, 0., I was compelled to leave
the meeting at Payne with Bros. Bolds,
Ellis, Worden, J. N. and T. G. Howard,
and Wm. L. Kilpatrick, and go by myself
to this new place, they all feeling disposed
not to leave the Payne meeting. I then re-turned
home and after about one week's
stay took train, March 28th for Castine,
0. Here I met Bros. Warren and Naylor.
We held a four nights' meeting with the
saints, which was blessed of God in the con-version
of one backslider. Others entered
the experience of entire sanctification. Co-pious
showers of blessings fell, which
caused the happy saints to leap and shout
praises to God.
From here we went to Bradford, 0., and
had meeting over Lord's day, which
was blessed of the Lord. There I parted
with Bros. Warren and Naylor, they going
to their homes. I took train for Kentucky.
Arrived at Mt. Olivet, April 5th, and com-menced
meeting on the night of the 6th
in the K. P. hall. The prejudice was
great here on account of some crooked deal-ings
in the country of some professing to
be holiness preachers borrowing money
and not paying it . back. This I say as a
warning to such, that if those debts are not
soon looked after, it will become necessary
for all the saints to be informed that such
persons have no part nor lot in this work.
I understand that according to the advice
of the ministers they have quit preaching,
but still claim to be saved.
I found a very intelligent and reason-able
people at Mt. Olivet. This they
proved by listening to the Word of God
and declaring to the people of their town
and country that we people had been mis-represented,
and that they had now heard
for themselves - and we surely were right,
for we preached the truth. We had many
warm invitations to return and preach to
them. There is a good opening here now
for a tabernacle meeting. Could not Bro.
Carter, Fitzwater, Ford, or some Holy
Ghost minister look after them this sum-mer?
I left Mt. Olivet for Crayton, Ky., April
the 11th. Here we commenced meeting the
15th. Am sorry to say, I found the cause
of God in a bad condition here. They had
not had any meetings in the neighborhood
since last fall, though they have a house in
which to worship. Different things had
crept in and scattered the flock, including
blunders and unwise teaching from the
pulpit. Some, it is said, were very bold in
their tirades against the different political
parties and the laws of our government.
All such I would kindly advise, If you can
not leave politics out of the pulpit, as ha. s
been agreed to by the brethren at different
times, then appoint you a meeting for that
purpose and take the stump and deliver
your message as do other politicians; but
leave the pulpit for the preaching of the
pure Word of God. Another thing, and
not at all the least, is that looseness of the
sexes had drifted in among the professors
and caused a neighborhood scandal. Glad
to say we have reasons to believe that some
were delivered from this hellish snare.
Am sorry to say that it becomes our duty
to inform the saints and people of these
parts, as well as everywhere, that one J.
Right, who has formerly professed among
the saints, is not worthy of your confidence
‘ or fellowship. We found him puffed up
and full of a picking and faultfinding
spirit, and prating against God's ministers,
who have long bore with him and tried to
get him to see his condition. His family
loves this truth, but he now forbids them
-. to go where they can hear it, with awful
. threats. The order at Crayton was excel-lent.
When they were convinced that we
were determined to stand for the right un-compromisingly
they respected us. I hope
the few who have been delivered out of the
snare of Satan, will now stand together
and live down the reproach by humble
watchfulness and devotion to God, and care
for each other, so that when they have their
next meeting the Lord can save some souls
who are now watching to see them live
what they have professed. I shall ever
cherish warm remembrances of the many
warm friends I met at Crayton. May the
Lord save many of them in the near fu-ture.
I came to Winchester yesterday, and
had meeting last night. The little ones
here seem to be getting along gloriously
in their labors for the Lord. We are ex-pecting
a good work to be done here. Let
all pray to this end. Yours in Christ,
sanctified, made white, tried and being
tried. Pray for me, that I do the work of
an evangelist in Jesus' name.
Geo. W. Howard.
McPherson, Kan., May 2.
Once more I am glad to report complete
victory over all the powers of darkness.
My heart is constantly filled with grati-tude
and praise for the blessings bestowed
upon me. Since my last report I have been
busily engaged in the service of the Master.
About the middle of February I went to
Spring Green and held a two weeks' meet-ing,
being assisted by Bro. Myers. Sister
Bateman and I had been there in Novem-ber
and held a four weeks' meeting, and
a little church was raised up. So we felt
God wanted us to return and see after the
little flock. After Bro. Myers left I re-mained
about four weeks longer with the
church; also held a meeting about three and
a half miles west of Spring Green. One
precious soul was delivered from Catholi-cism
and got a clear experience of salva-tion,
giving up lodges, tobacco, etc. No
others took a firm stand for the truth, but
we feel that many were made friends to the
truth. The meeting was closed after about
two weeks.
Feeling that God would have me leave
them a while ( for God laid his hand upon
me, with the proper qualifications, for over-seeing
the flock), I left them and went to
Phillipsburg, Kan., and remained over
Sunday with the church there. I found the
saints happy in Jesus and on the advance
for God. They were building a new meet-ing-
house. I went from there to Smith
Center and held a two weeks' meeting. Bro.
Jas. B. Peterman assisted in the latter part
of the meeting. Saints were much edified
and strengthened, and some old rubbish
was gotten out of the way. A number be-came
interested, but did not have the bold-ness
to take a stand for the whole truth.
Truly, the work in northwest Kansas is
encouraging. I have labored in those parts,
over two years. At present I am at home,
and expect to begin a meeting here this
week. I would like to have some assist-ance,
Lord willing. Yours in defense of
the whole truth, Claudine Heald.
Rosedale, Kan., April 2.
Dear Saints of God: I greet you in the
precious name of Jesus. I am at present
working for the Master in this wicked city.
I can report victory in my soul over the
works of the enemy; also victory for the
little church at this place. They are on
the forward move for greater victories in
the future. There are about twenty- five
little ones here, and God is adding more.
Praise God!
The dear Lord gave me the privilege of
attending the Chanute assembly meeting,
which was a feast to my soul. There were
about forty ministers present, and the
Word went forth with power. God gave
victory from beginning to end. I returned
to this city, and expect to labor here this
summer. We are waiting on God to send
more workers that are established. We
expect to have a tent- meeting in June; be-ginning
the 15th, and lasting three weeks
or longer. Bros. Henry and Harrington
and others are expected. All that feel that
God will have them come will find a wel-come
at 518 College Ave. Bro. and Sister
Shackelford have opened their home for
any of God's true children, and especially
workers passing through the city have a
cordial invitation to stop. It is now open
for regular meetings, well seated, and very
comfortable.
Any one passing through the city and
wishing to stop, take Green cable- car at
Union Station, transfer at Wyandotte, take
Rosedale to Westport, walk one block east,
then north to 518. Any one wishing. to
know more concerning the tent- meeting to
be held here may address me at 518 College
Ave., Rosedale Station, Kansas City, Kan.
We solicit your earnest prayers that we
keep in God's order. Your brother in
Christ, W. A. Lambert.
Delta, Col., April 28.
Dear Ones in the Lord : It has been a
long time since I last reported through the
Trumpet the dealings of the Lord with us
on the western slope of the Rocky Moun-tains;
but truly I can say that the Lord
has been good to me and mine. Praise
him forever. When I came here ( fourteen
months ago), I was much pressed down by
Satan, and discouragements came thick and
fast. The devil tried to run me away from
here. If it had not been for the advice and
encouragement of a faithful brother, and
of the saints at Colorado Springs, no doubt
I would have left this country, and Satan
would still have held undisturbed sover-eingnty
in this valley; but by the preach-ing
of the truth his tranquil rest and su-premacy
has been broken. As the lion
asleep in the Vatican at Rome was dis-turbed
by the movements of a quill in the
hands of a monk in ' Germany, causing him
to roar, shake, and growl ; so in this valley
Satan manifested his displeasure by growl-ing
terribly in the person of some of his
ministers. The Bible says, " Surely the
wrath of man shall praise thee"; and the
raging of the devil through his agents was
the means of winning souls to the truth.
In company with Sister Clara McAlis-ter,
we began meeting last October at the
following places : No. 8 school- house, Ash
Mesa. Meeting continued two weeks. Two
souls were saved and sanctified. Olatha,
three weeks. About fifteen saved,
sanctified, and " Called out." Next in
North Delta. A five weeks' meeting, and
in Delta proper, three weeks. These re-sulted
in about twenty- five being saved,
etc. Then in Paonia, a six- weeks' meeting
resulted in twenty- three getting into the
light and truth. At the last named place
the lords of Babylon were kept very busy
going to their members and warning them
" not to go to those holiness meetings."
Nevertheless some made their escape from
the cages of deception. Now, dear work-ers,
we learned that a ten- days' or two
week' meeting is altogether too short. At
Paonia there was not a move made until
the fifth week. The last night the house
was full, and many desired the meeting to
go on another week, but we felt it in order
to close for the present.
The Lord bless and reward Bro. and
Sister Cline for caring for us, and taking
it upon themselves to hire a hall at $ 25.00
per month, not knowing whether they
would get any help in paying the rest, or
whether one soul would accept the truth.
But thank the Lord, many responded no-bly
with their means and hospitality. Dear
ones, it pays to use holy wisdom in a new
field. I am slue had we begun to " thresh
Babylon" at either one of these places, the
results would not have been what they are.
I have learned that we can lead fifty souls
to Christ, and out of sectism, where we can
not , drive one. So let us be wise as ser-pents,
, and harmless as doves.
We have been almost continually in
meeting since the 15th of October. I also
was at the Denver assembly in November,
and at Rocky Ford, later on. Sister Mc-
Alister leaves to- day, in company with
Sister Youngblood, for the Lodi, Cal.
camp- meeting, while I am at home for a
season to- work with my hands, and care
for the flocks as the Lord gives me wisdom.
Truly this field is ripe to harvest, and the
laborers are few. Many places are open,
and no one to go. Lord, send whomsoever
thou wilt. Yours in the conflict for souls,
J. G. Neff.
Fresno, Cal., April 24.
As announced in the Trumpet the as-sembly
meeting at this place commenced
April 1st, lasting until the 10th inst. It
was very enjoyable throughout the whole
season and profitable to all honest hearts
who were willing to accept the truth. The
pure Word was preached in power, result-ing
in the salvation of some, while others
were sanctified, healed, or helped accord-ing
to their needs. One brother who had
been a member of the Quaker sect seemed
led by the Lord's hand to drop into a meet-ing
one afternoon, and realizing that the
truth was preached in the meetings he con-tinued
to attend and accepted the light as
fast as it was preached to him. It was
truly a fulfilment of the scripture in which
Jesus says, " My sheep know my voice and
they follow me."
On the last Sunday afternoon of the
meetings an ordinance service was held in
which a goodly number of happy saints
took part and upon which the
Lord's glory evidently rested. In
fact all of the meetings seemed to
be pervaded by a beautiful harmony,
and the saints really sat together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus. On Mon-day
morning following the last day of the
assembly meeting, seven souls obeyed their
Lord in following him in the holy ordi-nance
of baptism.
All expenses were easily met by free-will
offerings, making a business meeting,
or rather a financial meeting, unnecessary.
Visiting ministers present were Elders
J. W. and Jennie Byers and J. D. Hatch.
Besides these were present the local elder-ship
and a number of saints from distant
places. The attendance was generally
quite fair, and at times the large new tab-ernacle
( which with upwards of one hun-dred
and eighty chairs has been lately do-nated
to the church here by Bro. Wild-.
blood), was well filled. Since the assem-bly
meeting the regular meetings continue
in the tabernacle. Some are expecting to
go from here to attend the annual state
camp- meeting at Lodi.
Desiring the prayers of all God's . saints,
I am yours in the faith, J. L. Chaffin.
Clinton, Iowa, April 28.
Dear Trumpet Readers: Once more we
report victory in Jesus' name. Are Still
saved, sanctified, and kept by the power of
God, and able to continue in the Master's
service. The last year has been a busy one
on the Iowa field, with many conflicts and
victories, and some discouragements. Somd
things have tried our hearts and faith, but
God has made us more than conquerors
through him that loved us. We have seen
the work of God move on in the face of
opposition until assemblies have been es-tablished
at Clinton and Hedrick, Iowa,
Albert Lea, Minn., a few saints raised up
at Cedar Rapids and Estherville, Iowa, and
many souls saved, sanctified, and healed
by the mighty power of God. Have held
meetings at Clinton, Muscatine Hedrick,
Cedar Rapids, Edgewood, Sewal, Jerome,
Iowa, and Albert Lea, Minn., at different
times with refreshing showers of God's
love and glory upon us, and with , various
degrees of success. We have had Satan to
fight with all his deceptive influences both
. in our own ease and other precious souls
he has tried to deceive. Have seen some
led away under his deceptions and some
delivered from his fearful bondage. But
with all this we shout victory with the true
saints of God, and expect to fight on till
our Captain shall release us. More and
more we see the need of deep humility, and
a complete consecration to the service and
love of God, who has washed us in his pre-cious
blood. May God keep us all where
he can use us for his glory. Amen.
Workers that have been with us during
the year at times are Sister Ada Ford,
Bros. Willis M. and Charley Brown, and
Sister Kate Crawford; whom the Lord
has used in the salvation of souls. Brethren
of the church of the living God, and sisters
too, when I see the advancement that is
being made my heart is encouraged to go
on; but the standard must be held up to
the Bible line. There is a strong tend-ency
to drift into carelessness and indiffer-ence,
and to the use of human wisdom and
invention, which swept the church of the
morning into a fearful apostasy, and will
accomplish the destruction of many pre-cious
souls and of whole assemblies unless
we all stand against it and keep humble
and let Him be our wisdom, sanctification,
and redemption. May God let his light
shine upon us, fill us with his power and
his love, and use us for his glory. Amen.
F. A. Newville.
" Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love
covereth all sins. " Prov. 10 : 12.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
Emma, Ind.
In our last report in the Trumpet, we
stated that we expected to go to the
Moundsville camp- meeting, and would stop
off and hold meetings on the way. We have
rt ceived a number of calls by letter re-questing
us to come. Now, I wish to sas
to all that are looking for us to come, that
it seemed good unto the Lord for us to
move from Grand Junction, Mich., to this
place, Emma, which is five miles north of
Topeka; Ind. The change will necessitate
our being at home for a few weeks and we
can not fill any calls along the way, and
possibly we shall not get to Moundsville.
this year. Your blood- washed brother and
sister, John and Ella Merica.
1605 Hicks St., Toledo, 0., April 22.
We greet you once more in Jesus' name.
We can truly say that Jesus saves us by his
precious blood to- day and fills our hearts
with his love and praise. Amen. We are
in Toledo holding up Jesus to the people as
a Savior from all sin. We have decided to
have a meeting here;. to commence on the
12th of May, and to continue over two
Sundays, Lord willing. We desire every
saint to pray for the success of the work
in Toledo. It is very important. The pop-ulation
of this city is about one hundred
and fifty thousand, and only a few souls
are out in the clear light.
T. J. Cox and Wife.
Costello, Kan.
I am saved and sanctified, for which I
give the dear Lord all the praise. He keeps
me from all the evils that come up in this
life, and keeps me from all the powers of
the enemy, who is going around to seek
whom he may devour. I have taken Him
for my physician for both myself and chil-dren.
He has wonderfully blessed me.
Praise his dear name forever! I was saved
and baptized about two years ago. This
is the first time I have written to the Trum-pet.
Your sister in the one body,
Mrs. Sallie Hastings.
OPPY, Ky-
I feel like writing a few lines to the
Gospel Trumpet. I have for a long time
been in the so- called Baptist church, not
discerning the one body, or church of God.
until I became a reader of the Trumpet,
which has brought me to the light of the
gospel. There are no saints in our part of
the land, and I would like to have some
Holy Ghost minister come here and preach.
Our country is filled with sin and sect con-fusion.
I would love to be at the Mounds-ville
meeting if I were able to come, but
at present I am not able. I have a large
family to support by manual labor. Pray
for me and my family that we may be
faithful. Your brother in Christ,
G. W. Hensley.
TESTIMONIES.
pecially invited to come and enjoy the
meeting and help. If any one can not
come and desires to help this work' in
sending in their mite to keep it moving,
the Lord will bless them. C. J. Cox.
Nampa, Idaho.
I am still praising the Lord for a full
and free salvation. Truly it is unspeakable
and full of glory. My heart is made to re-joice
when I read the many good letters
in the Trumpet from my dear brethren
and sisters. I praise the Lord for that true
love that binds our hearts together in
Christian love. I feel that I could not do
without the dear Trumpet, as I am in this
isolated place where there is so much pride,
and formality that one can hardly ever get
any spiritual food. I ask an interest in all
your prayers for the Lord to send more
laborers into this part of the vineyard, for,
truly the harvest is great and the laborers
are few. There are many precious souls
starving for the bread of life. Please pray
for me that I may be faithful and useful in
his service. Your sister looking for His re-turn,
Olive Clark.
Sewee, Tenn.
I have felt for some time that the Lord
would have me write my testimony. I do
praise the Lord for what he has done for
me. He saved my soul one year ago, and
I have lived up to all the light I had on
his precious Word. My greatest desire is
to live for the Lord, and prove true to him
at any cost. I get the Trumpet each week.
It is so much food to my hungry soul. I-love
to read the letters and the testimonies
from the dear ones. I take the Lord for
my physician. " Bless the Lord, 0 my soul,
and forget not all his benefits : who for-giveth
all thine iniquities; who healeth all
thy diseases." Psa. 103 : 2, 3. Dear ones,
pray for me that I may be sanctified, and
that my husband may be saved. Yours
contending for the faith once delivered
to the saints, Alice Collins.
Boxer, Ky.
This morning finds me praising God for
salvation and victory over all the powers
of the enemy. For the last thirty- five days
and nights we have been going through
some great trials of affliction. The dear
Lord called one of our dear children to
himself the 26th of this month, and wonder-fully
manifested his power in healing one
dear boy fourteen years old. He was
thought to be dying for four days and
nights. We sent for the elders of the
church to come and anoint him. The broth-er
did not get here the day we sent for
him but came the following day. When he
got here the boy was very sick, but said
he believed when lie was anointed the Lord
would heal him, and claimed the promise
and began to amend from the same hour.
He can get up alone now. Three or four
days after he was anointed I was out of the
room, and as I stepped to the door he was
clapping his hands and shouted, saying he
had been praying to God to help him, and
increase his faith, and the dear Lord had
done it. We can say we are more decided
than ever to be true to God, and do our
duty. We desire the prayers of the saints
everywhere for God to keep us true to him.
We are surrounded by unbelief on every
hand. Your brother in the one body,
H. F. Dunagan.
Pringey, Okla.
I feel it would be to the glory of God
for me to write my testimony. This morn-ing
finds me saved and sanctified, and ready
to do my Savior's will, for he has been a
wonderful Savior to me. He keeps me in
health, and hag' healed me many times. Ha v (-
trusted him over five years now for both
soul and body. I can say he has never for-saken
me. He supplies all our needs. I
am trusting him for all things. He has
healed my little ones many times. I give
him all the praise and glory.
We are living here in Oklahoma on a
homestead. We have no place to assemble
with the saints. If there are any of God's
children in the vicinity of Haskaw, Ellen-dale,
or Pringey, pleace write, or call on
us. We live one Mile West of Red Horse
Grossing, and four miles north of Pringey.
Yours for the truth and in the one body,
Louisa Kincheloe.
Bradley, Ill.
This morning finds me saved, and sanc-tified,
and healed by the mighty power of
God. The good Lord in his mercy has
spared my life and enabled me to see myself
ae he saw me. On coming out in this light,
for lack of teaching, I contracted more zeal
than the love of God, and went forth to
labor for souls before I was fully quali-fied;
hence, I could never get settled in my
own experience. In the fall of 1892 in
Chicago I decided to quit the field and re-main
at home. After some severe trials the
dear Lord began to show me what it meant
to yield all to Jesus, and bring into sub-jection
every thought to the obedience of
uhrist. I saw my condition, met the con-ditions,
and am fully saved. Bless the
Lord! Now I ask the dear saints to pray
for me that God may lead in all things.
God has also healed my body of the itch
after a severe test without the aid of medi-cine.
I am all on the altar ready for sac-rifice
or service. Your brother in Christ,
Harry Tyler.
Berlin, Ont., Can.
I praise the Lord this evening for what
he has done for me in the past, and what
he is doing for me at the present. I praisa
him for a full and free salvation, and that
I am enjoying it. I also thank him fe
having saved me from the wearing of
corsets. I thought the matter over for a
few years, and often was reminded of it.
At last I told the Lord to make it plain
unto me, and_ show me what was his will
in regard to it. At the Jordan camp- meet-ing
in the fall of 1902, a certain brother
preached, and just mentioned them, and
said how much harm was done by the wear-ing
of the same. So I took it to myself, and
said that is all for me. The following day
I came out and confessed it, and was saved
from it. Thank God for deliverance I Now
dear sister, wherever and whoever you are,
obey the Lord in every small matter, and
God's blessings will rest upon you. Your
sister saved, sanctified, and kept by his
mighty power, Sarah Bergey.
New Orleans, La.
I feel it to be to the glory of God for
me to write my testimony and tell that I
am still sweetly saved and reigning in this
life through one Christ Jesus, and also that
God is wonderfully blessing us according
to our faith. It was the privilege of some
of the church at this place to visit the
church at White Castle, La. Since we last
met with them the dear Lord added eight
or more to their number. The church truly
is on an advance for God, and our gather-ing
with them was owned and blessed of
God. We are thinking of having a meeting
at Plagueraine, La., in which we believe the
churches above mentioned will gather, and
also some of surrounding places.
I will also tell of God's goodness to heal
our baby of spasms. It had taken sick
when I returned from the White Castle
meeting and was having one spasm after
another until we sent for a brother near
by ( this was three o'clock in the morning).
He anointed the child according to the
Word, prayed the prayer of faith,
and the baby had only one light spasm
after that. So wife told me to send the
money it might have cost us for doctor and
medicine to pay on the indebtedness of the
Trumpet Office. Pray that I and my house
may serve the Lord at all times. Yours
saved and sanctified, all for Jesus,
A. C. Knieper.
Rest, Miss.
I am a Trumpet reader, and do not see
how I could do without it. It is food for
my soul. As I read the testimonies of
od's dear children, it encourages nre to
live for him. I seldom get to hear any
preaching, but the dear Trumpet brings
many good sermous to us at home. Th
dear Lord blesses us in many ways. lb.'
keeps me saved and happy, and trusting
him for all things. He has healed me and
my little ones many times, for which I give
him all the praise. I mu afflicted with sore-ness
in my lungs and chest, and ask all of
God's true children to pray earnestly that
I may be healed. Your sister in the one
body, A. IL Fox.
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER.
Healing of body. J. H. Miller.
Please pray earnestly for me as I am
afflicted, and out of reach of all the saints,
and in a very wicked place. Pray for my
husband that he may get saved. Lucinda
Underwood, Eminence, Mo.
I have a double rupture of sixteen years'
standing. I ask the prayers of the church
that I may get the victory and God be glo-rified.
Sarah A. Ferris, Fern, Pa.
CALLS FOR MEETING.
Address It. Underhill, Edge, Vanburen
Co., Ark.
Nancy J. McCullough, Union, Hardin
Co., Ia.
Can not some company of workers trav-eling
through here come this way and hold
a series of meetings? Address Win. H.
Bingham, Lurgan, Franklin Co., Pa.
Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind.
The little church at Muncie wants a man
and his wife, who can stay all summer and
hold meetings in or near Muncie, to take
charge of a tabernacle. Want some one
sent of God and filled with the Holy Spirit
and love of God. Yours in Christ,
N. W. Tomlinson.
Shelton, Buffalo Co., Neb.
I want to state that I believe it would
be to the glory of God to have a camp- meet-ing
at this place the latter part of this
summer, any time after about the middle
of July. Some express their desire for
meeting. Your sister, R. A. Jacobs.
MEETING NOTICES.
There will be a meeting in Toledo, 0.,
at 1605 Hicks St.; to commence on May
12th and continue over two Sundays. Sis-ter
Walter, of St. Louis, Mich., and Bro.
Miller, of Jerry City, 0., are expected, and
any whom the Lord may send to help in the
meetings. All saints living near, are es-
Kellyton, Tent. May 13- 22. Bros.
W. A. Hand and W. R. Butler will be
present. For further information write
J. A. iGinargafibelled, , K: 1101. ytornen, At l
meeting.
eting. May
18.
Help needed. Address W. J. Henry.
Sheldon, Mo. Tent meeting. Begin-ning
June 1st. For further particulars
address John J. Rapp, of Sheldon, Vernon
Co., Mo. 0. B. Reynolds, L. T. Robold.
Colfax, Wis. Camp- meeting. Alay 28
to June 6. On the farm of Helgesen. Thos.
Nelson, S. 0. Susag, and others expected.
C. DTauibsbys.
The camp- meeting will be held this
year from June 3 to 13. Let all the saints
within reach come. For further iuforma-tion
write Bro. Uriah Eslick or A. I.
Stringhan, Daisy, Wash.
llawiek, Minn. Camp- meeting. June
10- 20. Bros. C. H. ' Tubbs, Thos. Nelson, and
others will be present to preach the pure
Word of God. We believe this will be the
most glorious meeting ever held at this
place. All saints and lovers of the truth
in reach of this place should make a spe-cial
effort to be present. Ilawiek is on the
G. N. R. R., between Willmar and St.
Cloud. Allecoming over the Soo It It. stop
off at Paynesville. Write to Bro. II. Han-sen,
Ilawiek, Minn., in time, and you will
be met at the station. S. 0. Susag.
Kansas City, Kan. Tent meeting. Be-yrinning
June 15, to last three weeks or
Inn- e. Then . will le., nmeh need of ', ease.
erated workers during the meetings ill the
cit y, and so on till Jesus comes. Bros.
Henry, Harrington, and other ministers
are expeeted. Fur further information
write me at 51$ College Rosedale,
Kan. W. A. Lambert.
Camp- meeting. Freeport, I,. I. June lti-
26. On Long Island railnlatt a fey
front Ne\% York city. A good opportunity
for the saints in New York, New Jersey.
and New England States, Come by rail or
boat to New York. Bro. Chas. E. Orr is
expected. Write before eoming, to Peter
Johnson, Box 68, Freeport, L. I. Thase
desiring to lit' met in New York city write
to C. J. Illowitt, 334 N. Ifith St., New York,
N. Y.
Lanett, Ala. Tent mooting. Beginning
J11110 17. and lasts as long as the hord
leads. M inieterial help needed. Address
W. It. Butler, La Fayette, Ala., It. F. D.
No.
Creston, Wash. nip- meeting. june
IT- 27. Let all ', tone who eau. Those com-ing
rail Neill be met at the depot
taken to tilt etlnrp- ground, if notice is giv-ll
ill time. her information write
I ; rat id inlet iott, t\\':: 14supll .- tneeting.
6, V. C. Maidens,
. rune 16- 26, tivt all who can attend. Bring
bedding and tents. We will make provi-sions
to care for all we can as in former
years. Eatables, hay. and grain can he
pusehased on the grounds. Two trains from
north and south will stop at the camp
ground, as they always have in the past.
Let as many as can come and make this
the hest meeting ever held on the grounds.
Also, the agreement of last year to help
pay off the debt on the Home should be
remembered. As many pledged to this,
let all be prompt and send their donations.
If further information is desired corre-spond
with us. Yours in ' His service,
Guy E. Foote.
The Canada annual camp- meeting will
be held again this year at Peepabun, Ont.
( R. R. Grand Valley, Ont.) ; June 23 to
July 3. Let all the saints in Canada as
far as possible make arrangements to at-tend
this meeting. Arrangements have
been made with the railroads for reduced
rates. Further information and Untrue-tioansisI
wdil, l boe
Out.
D later. H. W. Nelson,
The general camp- meetin g of the church
of God in " SATashington will be held on the
ints ' Home camp- ground, ten miles south
of Colfax and ten miles west of Pullman,
w ash., July 1- 10. Let all the saints of
Washington, Idaho. Oregon, and all who
can, come and enjoy a feast from the pre s
- ence of the Lord. Let al who can come
prepared to care for themselves, and those
who can not care for themselves will be
cared for. Those who can, bring plenty
of bedding and a straw tick. Those com-ing
over the N. P. railroad to Pullman,
notify Bro. A. B. Peterman, R. D. No. 3.
notifyy H. Ackerman ; and those
Bo vre r tRi atofoCrolpfeaes:
e :—
There will be free transporRta.
sengers and baggage on Wednesday and
Thursday, June 29th and 30th. Let all
who possibly can come on these days. For
man, Colfax, Wash.
further information address A. B. Peter-
Serena, La. Tent meeting. June 30 to
July 7. Address J. M. Crouch, Serena;
La.
THOMPSON.- William Morris Thomp-son
died at Springfield, Mo., April 1, 1904; I
aged 66 years. Bro. Thompson came from
Hill City, Kan., to Springfield, Mo., about
three weeks before his death, and bought
property here, intending to locate with
the church at this place. - His death was
very sudden, although he had been ailing
for some time. He accepted the truth a
few years ago, and at the time of his death
seemed to have a bright experience of sal-vation.
As I have been appointed admin-istrator
of his estate, I will be very thank-ful
for any information regarding any of
his heirs. W. J. Henry.
MYERS.- Harriet E. Myers was born
July 6, 1876, in Worth Co., Mo.; died at her
home in Sheridan Co., Kan., April 25,
1904. She moved with her parents to Kan-sas
in 1884. She was married to Frank H.
Phillips, of Sheridan Co., in 1901.
She died from relapse of measles, or rath-er
from an overdose of morphine or opium,
which was given her to quiet her nerves.
On Saturday before her death she made
her peace with God and prayed and helped
her sister Florence sing the beautiful
hymn, " Ashamed of Jesus." She said
she was going to heaven, and plead with
her husband and sister to meet her there.
She leaves a husband, one child, nineteen
months old, father, mother, four sisters,
two brothers, and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn their loss. Her sister,
Birdie Myers.
SVIILLE
ETING
May 28 June 6.
Emlenton, Pa. General camp- meeting.
Aug. 18- 28. H. M. Riggle, Cambridge
Springs, Pa.
The Claypool, Ind. camp- meeting will
be held this year Aug. 18 to 28. We are
looking for a large attendance and great
things from the presence of the Lord. Let
us all pray for an increase of power in all
the camp- meetings this summer. There will
be rates on the railroads as usual in the
Central Association. S. L. Speck, Fores-man,
Ind.
Clanton, Ala. Camp- meeting. Aug.
19- 29. Address Sister Georgia Oden, Clan-ton,
Ala.
OBITUARIES.
ADVICE.
If in doubt as to your railroad being in the Central Association, consult
your agent, and if he is not supplied with certificates, have him get them.
If through ticket can not be obtained, ask for certificate each time ticket
is purchased, and be sure your last ticket is purchased to Moundsville.
If you should purchase to Wheeling and then not repurchase ( taking cer-tificate)
to Moundsville, you will fail in getting return rates. " Should
agent fail to have certificates on , hand, ask him for a receipt. This will
enable you to get the reduction refunded to you after you pay full fare
home.
Look at your certificate before taking train and see that it is dated
right, as agents sometimes make mistakes in dating or. perhaps do not
date them at all. This is important.
NOTICE.
This meeting will be listed on circulars issued to ticket agents as
General Eastern Holiness Assembly Church of God. Use this name
when calling for certificate. We expect to call this an assembly- meeting
in the future, as the term camp- meeting is wrongly applied.
GOSPEL TRUMPET COMPANY, Moundsville, W. Va.
May 12, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
Pot' Home and Sunday= school.
A GOSPEL GEOGRAPHY.
" The Walks and Works of the Master.
Suited to Marne Study ei. vid Class Use.
Being a rather impressive map of Palestine, specially
designed and arranged with a view to enabling the stu-dent
to readily become familiar with the chief events and
journeys of each age and stage of Christ's life on earth
in the order in which they occur.
Size 22x 34 inches. Printed on finest cloth- backed map paper, strong
and durable. Map printed in six colors and mounted on wooden rollers
ready to hang up.
Price, postpaid, $ 1.00 each, or $ 10.00 per dozen tt,
Orhe address.
A cordial invitation is given to all lovers of the truth
to this general assembly of the children of God, on the
grounds adjoining the Trumpet Home in the north part
of the city. Moundsville is on the Ohio River, in Mar-shall
County, W. Va., twelve miles south of Wheeling.
It is on the main line and also on the Ohio River division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Arrangements will
be made for all who come to be met at the train and
otherwise cared for. Lodging and board will be pro-vided
in the Trumpet Home and auditorium. Bring a
supply of bedding if possible, such as pillow, straw- tick
and covering. A large attendance is expected.
REDUCED RATES
have been secured for the territory of the Central Pas-senger
Association. The privilege of one- third fare for
the return trip is extended to those coming over the
railroads of this territory, dependent upon the following
CONDITIONS.
Full fare ( not less than seventy- five cents) must be paid to the meet-ing,
and a certificate obtained from agent selling the ticket. There must
be one hundred of these certificates, and they must be issued by the
Central Passenger Association ( don't get the wrong kind). Certificates
must be dated. not earlier than May 25 nor later than May .30, and they
must be validated by special agent ( who will be present at meeting
Thursday, June 2), before they can be used for the return journey.
Certificates are good three days after close of meeting.
TERRITORY.
CIAMP- MEETING.
The Grand Forks camp- meeting. June
2- 1th to July 4. This is the general camp-meeting
of North Dakota and western Min-nesota.
Meetings held in the English, Ger-inan,
and Scandinavian languages. Thos.
Nelson and others expected. Address, C.
li. Tabs, . Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Macon, Ga., assembly meeting. July 4-
13. Address T. H. Holmes 526 3d Ave.,
Maeon, Ga. A gospel tent for this meeting
is our great need. Any workers who could
give information along this line please
address me as above. T. H. Holmes.
Penton, Ala. Tent. July 7- 17. Penton
is ten miles west of La Fayette. Bro. J. F.
Lundy is expected to be with us. Address
ro. W. A. Slay, La Fayette, Ala., R. F. D.
No. 2.
A va, Dimel as Co.. Mo. Arbor- meeting.
.1 illy 7- 17. Bros. Mason and Henry are
ex P eel ed. address M. Gardner.
N: 111( 1; 111, La. Tent meeting. July 9-
1 s. Address S. C. Jackson, Randall, La.
Snap, Tex. Camp- meeting. Jnly 21- 31.
1 ddress 11. J. Johns, Snap. Tex.
Meridian. Miss. Camp- meeting. July
18- 31. Address Willis Jones, or, Sebe
Fenley, 1020 13th St., 11th Ave.
Savannah, G a. Assembly meeting. July
2l to 31. All are invited. H. D. Sanford,
R D. No. 2. Savannah, Ca.
Soul hwest Missouri Camp- meeting.
sprinetield. Mo. Jnly 21- 31. Address
W. Henry.
The annual camp- meeting at Shoup's
Ford, N. C., will be held July 23 to Aug. 1.
All who come from the East or South will
have free conveyance from Cherryville,
N. C., on the 22d if they will notify J. J.
Shoup, Shoup's Ford, at least ten days
before the meeting. All coming from the
North will be met ' at Morgantown by giv-ing
notice as above. The meeting at J. J.
11 irks. near Mullgrove, N. C., will be held
Aug. 2- 8. J. J. Hicks, Mullgrove, N. C.
liurkeville, Tex. Camp- meeting. Aug.
4- 14. Address J. R. Cousins, Burkeville,
Tex.
The meeting at Gibbs, N. C., will be held
Aug. 12- 21. P. P. Mull, Gibbs, N. C.
Zion camp- meeting, five miles east of
Hartsell, Morgan Co., Ala. Aug. 12- 22.
Bros. Hand and Lundy expect to attend. A
hearty welcome to all. Any information
wanted, address J. M. or J. A. Sharp, Som-erville,
Ala.
Dalton, Ga. Camp- meeting Aug. 12 to
28. The meeting will be on my place,
three miles south of town. Particulars will
be given later. Any one desiring informa-tion
can address me. W. M. Wilson, Dal-ton,
Whitfield Co., Ga., Box 184.
Sherwood, La. Camp- meeting. Aug. 18-
28. Address J. E, Forrest or R. H. Owens,
Sherwood, L&
BOWSER.- Sister Mary E. Bowser, wife
of Bro. Jerry Bowser, of Oak Ridge. Pa.,
was born April 20, 1864: died, April 23,
1904. Three months before she died she
gave her heart to God and was sweetly
saved. She shouted and praised the Lord
a short time before she died, and said she
was ready to go. She leaves husband, six I
children, mother, five sisters, four broth- I
ers, and many friends to mourn their loss.
Funeral services held in the M. E. meet-ing-
house, conducted by the writer.
John L. Williams.
The territory of the Central Association is bounded on the east by
I Pittsburg, Salamanca, Buffalo, and Toronto; on the north by the line of,
and including points on, the Grand Trunk Railway, from Toronto to Port
Huron, thence via Lakes Huron and Michigan to Chicago; on the west by
Peoria, Keokuk, Quincy, Hannibal, St. Louis, and Cairo; and on the south
by the Ohio River, but including points on both sides of that river.
On the border of this territory is where trouble sometimes occurs by
getting the wrong kind of certificates or coming over a railroad that is not
in this territory. Be careful about this.
If you live outside of this territory, purchase ticket to nearest point in
the territory, and then purchase to Moundsville, etc. You might be able
to obtain local reduced rates over that part of your route which is not in
above territory, if ten or more tickets are purchased. Consult your agent
in time and see what can be done.
8
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
that are pleasing in his sight." 1 John 3:
21, 22. To do this we have to live above all
sin, live in perfect obedience to God.
Have we any promises of healing, if we
are where we can not get the elders?
" Again I say unto you, That if two of you
shall agree on earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in heaven."
Mat. 18: 19. Of course we can agree to
ask for healing when we get sick as well
as for anything else, and as to its being his
will, he never would have told us to pray
the prayer of faith for the sick with the
promise that he would raise them up ( Jas.
5: 14, 15), if it was not his will to do so
In case there are none to agree with us
that really believe in healing, have we any
promise of our own prayer healing us, or
causing the same ? " If ye abide in me, and
my words abide in you, ye shall ask what
will, and it shall be done unto you."
John 15: 7. " If ye shall ask anythin g in
my name, I will do it." John 14: 14. This
certainly includes healing. We can not
get healed if we merely try divine healing.
that is, get the elders to anoint us and lay
on hands just to see if it will do us any
good_ It is God that does the healing. We
pray the prayer of faith and God always
honors faith, but God does not honor spec-ulation
where he requires faith. " But let
him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For
he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed. For let
not that man think that he shall receive
anything of the Lord." Jas. 1: 6, 7.
" Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them."
Mark 11: 24. Surely we are left without
excuse. " Without faith it is impossible to
please God." Heb. 11: 6. Christ's corn-andment
to the sick is: " Call for the
elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith
shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up." Jas. 5: 14, 15. If we obey this
God is responsible for our healing. " Bless-ed
are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through the gates
into the city." Rev. 22: 14.
the prayers of God's dear children I was
instantly healed. Praise his holy and
blessed name! I can not thank him enough
for his wonderful healing power mani-fested
to my family and me. My prayer
to God is, that I may be kept humble,
willing to do his blessed commands and
obey him in all things. Your brother in
the one body, Wm. H. Botsford.
THE last Scripture text we quoted ( Jas. Ithaca, Mich.
5 : 14, 15) is proof that the elders in the
" church of God" have the gifts of heal-ing.
Why did James single out the elders
and tell us to call for them when we get
sick, if they especially do not possess the
gifts of healing? While the elders are not
the only people in the church that have
the gifts of healing, yet it is certainly evi-dent
from the scripture above quoted that
every one whom Jesus has called and sent
out to preach the gospel has this gift be-stowed
upon them. When Jesus sent out
the twelve he gave them power to heal, and
also the seventy were commanded to heal:
Paul also healed the sick. We see that
Philip went to Samaria and preached the
gospel and healed the sick; in fact, it went
with the gospel in the beginning. and Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, and to- day,
and forever. The Word never passed away
and never will. Mark said that the dis-ciples
went forth preaching the Word
everywhere, the Lord working with them.
confirming the Word with signs following.
The Lord promised to be with those that
he sent forth to preach his Word " alwv,
even unto the end of the world." Mat.
28: 20.
Well he was with those that first
preached the gospel, and confirmed the
Word with the signs following; and as
they did not live until the end of the world,
he has surely promised to be with us to the
end of the world. And now in this time
of confusion and error it seems that if
there ever was a time that Jesus needed
to confirm his Word and thus prove to the
world who are the people he has sent out.
and who are preaching the pure truth,
now is the time. There never was a more
dangerous time on account of possibilities
of being deceived with false doctrine than
now. The world is flooded with false doc-trines
now, and if it were possible the very
elect would be deceived. Jesus confirmed
the Word in the beginning with signs fol-lowing;
that is, he granted power by
stretching forth his hand to heal ( Read
Acts 4: 29, 30), and he is the same to- day.
Heb. 13: 8. He commanded them to heal the
sick, and his Word has not changed. So if
we are sent by him to preach, that is, if
We get our commission from his Word, we
are commanded to heal the sick. And he
who receives his commission otherwise is
an impostor. May God help us to see that
we come behind in no gift. Amen.
We- notice in Eph. 4: 8, that " when he
ascended up on high, he led captivity cap-tive,
and gave gifts unto men." " For to
one is given by the Spirit the word of wis-dom;
to another the word of knowledge by
the same Spirit; to another faith by the
same Spirit; to another the gifts of heal-ing
by the same Spirit." 1 Cor. 12: 8, 9.
We see that the gifts of healing were
given to some in the church at first, and not
only so, but in organizing the church he
set in the gifts of healing. " And God hath
set some in the church, first apostles, sec-ondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after
that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues." 1
Cor. 12: 28. Now the church that has not
apostles, prophets, teachers, gifts of heal-ing,
and everything that the church spoken
of here had in it, can not be the one that
Jesus built. The church that has not all
these gifts is incomplete; in fact, it can not
justly be called " church," but " sect" is
the proper name for it. The church that
Jesus built had the gifts of healing in it,
and he did not put anything in it that was
not necessary, and to take anything away
would make it incomplete. We see now
beyond a doubt that the faith that was
once delivered to the saints included heal-ing,
and Jude said that it was needful that
he should exhort us to earnestly contend
for the faith that was once delivered to
the saints. Praise God! That is what the
saints in the evening light are doing.
When we contend for healing, we con-tend
for what Jesus delivered to the church
in the beginning. " But," says one, " heal-ing
the sick was a great work that Christ
and the apostles did, but the Lord does not
give us that power." See what Jesus says:
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that be-lieveth
on me, the works that I do shall he
do also ; and greater works than these shall
he do; because I go unto my Father." John
14: 12. Can any one say that this means
the apostles? Some do say it, but Jesus
says it is " he that believeth on me." We
believe on him, does it mean us? Jesus
says it does. Who dare change it? Jesus
says,. " These signs shall follow them that
believe; . . they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16: 17,
18. Mind you, " they that believe." Who
will take this from the Word of God ?
And if we let it remain, and profess sal-vation
without these signs following us, it
evidently proves us not to be the genuine
disciples of Christ. Thank God for the
blessed truth, and light shining
way to enable us to see the same.
What are we as followers of Christ to
do when we get sick? " Is any sick among
you Y let him. call for the elders of the
church ; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord : and the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall
be forgiven him." Jas. 5 : 14, 15.
The signs that Jesus spoke of will follow
if we obey this scripture. Says one, " Our
elders do not believe in healing the sick,
and what shall we do under such circum-stances?"
Why, surely you are in the
wrong church. James was speaking of the
elders of the church of God. They prac-tise
all the Word of God. and if you want
to enjoy the blessings of God, get in his
church, and among his people, and you
will have access to all the precious benefits
that the children of God enjoy. And if
your body is afflicted, Jesus will surely
heal it, if you will only believe his Word.
and obey the same.
I feel that enough has been said to prove
divine healing to be a Bible doctrine.
Next we will notice some of the conditions
of healing. We will first notice that it is
required of those that wish to be healed
to have faith. " And when he was come
into the house, the blind men came to him :
and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that
I am able to do this? They said unto him.
Yea, Lord. Then touched he - their eyes,
saying, According to your faith be it unto
you. And their eyes were opened." Mat.
9: 28- 30. The woman that " touched the
hem of his garment" was made whole.
Jesus said unto her, " Thy faith hath made
thee whole." Luke 8: 48. This woman had
spent all her living on physicians and had
suffered many things of many of them and
had continually grown worse; but when
she heard of the works of Jesus, she be-lieved
in her heart that if she could but
touch the hem of his garment, she would
be healed, and so it was. Jesus is the same
to- day. If we touch in faith, we will be
made whole. Sometimes people are in such
a condition that they can not exercise faith.
They may be too sick to exercise faith, they
may be unconscious. In such cases others
pray the prayer of faith, and the Lord
honors the same. The man that brought
his son to Jesus, said to him, " If thou
canst do anything - for us, have compassion
on us." Jesus said unto him, " If thou
cant believe, all things are possible to him
that believeth." Mark 9: 23. The man
cried out, " Lord, I believe," and Jesus
healed his son. Jesus will not turn away
the prayer of faith. This man exercised
faith for his son's healing, because his son
could not on account of his affiic-tion.
Many other cases could be presented,
but this is enough.
There are some that say they know the
Bible teaches it. But when they get sick
they never practise it. James says, Faith
without works is dead. Being alone, some
say, " My faith is not strong enough."
The way to get it stronger is to put it in-to
exercise. Our faith never will be strong
if we do not exercise it. If we believe
God's Word and obey the same when we
get sick, we will . get healed, and our faith
will be made stronger also. In order to
exercise faith and have perfect confidence
in God, believing that he will do just- what
we ask him, we have to live so as to have no
condemnation upon our souls. " Beloved,
if our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God. And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of him, because we keep
his commandments, and do those things
" Simply trusting in the Savior,
Healing virtue now receive;
You must never doubt or waver;
His unfailing Word believe.
" Come, ye helpless, sick, and suff'ring,
At his feet in meekness kneel;
Soul and body to him () Wring,
He will all your sickness heal.
" He is just the same forever,
Cast away your doubts and fears;
From affliction he'll deliver,
Though you've suffered many years."
HEALED BY PRAYER.
When I awoke on the morning of the
ninth of April I had a severe headache. It
kept on aching for six days, then gathered
and broke on the inside. Two days later
it commenced to ache again; also my right
ear and five teeth, and my face was badly
swollen. I could hardly open my mouth
to get any food between my lips. My suf-fering
was terrible. In the afternoon of
the third day I felt as if I could
not endure it much longer. I told
husband to go for his mother and
brother, there being no other saints
near here. They came and prayed for me.
That was about four o'clock, and by six the
pain was all gone. Praise his dear name!
We have been out in this evening light
eighteen months. We have four little ones,
and during that time we have not given
them a drop of medicine, or taken any our-selves.
I ask the prayers of all God.' s peo-ple
that I may ever keep low down at the
Savior's feet. Your sister in Christ,
Carrie Hooker.
Panther, Ore.
HIS WONDERFUL HEALING POWER.
I wish to add my testimony to the Gos-pel
Trumpet for the first time. I am saved
by the blood of Christ, and trusting in God
for the healing of my body as well as for
my soul. About two weeks ago I had a
severe attack of la grippe and lung trouble,
bringing me down to the very jaws of
death. My hands and feet were cold, my
breath grew short; those that were around
me thought that- I was dying. But through
OUR HELPER IN EVERY AFFLICTION.
We feel like praising God through the
Trumpet for his goodness to us. The Lord
has healed our babies several times this
winter. They have each had pneumonia,
and the • ieasles twice, and we can say that
we found the Lord a present help in every
time of need. Praise his dear name ! After
our babies had the measles the first time,
Willie was left with a severe cough, which
grew worse. We kept praying and trusting
in the Lord for his healing. We felt led
to write for the agreement of prayer, and
the Lord healed him. Oh, what a precious
thought and source of comfort, to know
while we are passing through a trial of
faith there are others of ( h dear chil-dren
agreed with us! That was so enem•-
aging to me while little Willard was so
bad with pneumonia, and teething at the
same time. We called the doctor to lance
his gums, and he said his fever was 104
degrees, and advised us to give him medi-cine.
But we trusted in One that was
strong and abundantly able to do what he
has promised.
This week, while the babies are having
the measles again, I was taken with sore
eyes, which gave rile mud' pain, but to- day
I can say to the glory of God that my eyes
are Ivell ; also the babies are on the floor
playing. Praise God for his goodness to
us, and that he has spared our little dar-lings
to us. We have twins. They are
seventeen months old. Be encouraged,
dear ones, and do not la.‘ afraid to trust
your children with the ' lord, for he ha. s
promised to never leave nor forsake those
who trust in his Word. We ask an inter-est
in the prayers of the dear thwpol Trum-pet
readers to remember us and the work
here at Bedford, that the Lord may add
daily unto the church such as shall be
saved. We are praying, trusting, and ex-pecting-
another good meeting here this
summer. Your brother and sister in Christ.,
Edgar and Clara Fleenor.
Bedford, Ind.
A GREAT PHYSICIAN.
I am praising the dear Lord this even-ing
for salvation, and sweeping victory in
my soul over all the powers of Satan. I
do not know how to thank him enough; he
has done so much for me. He has healed
me several times of light afflictions, but
this time I was very low, but he raised me
up. He healed our little baby,
two days old, which was very sick.
Some tried to persuade us to give
it castor- oil, or paregoric, but it was
fully given up to God, who, we knew,
would treat us right. She has never swal-lowed
a drop of medicine and is now near-ly
two months old. During that time I
was very sick. Not being tended to right,
I suppose inflammation set in. Some said I
would die if I did not have a doctor. I
heard of one saying I ought to' die because
I would not have a doctor. But, praise
the Lord, I had all the doctor I wanted.
I had that Great Physician who healeth
all our diseases. We had two elders who
prayed and anointed me in the name of
the Lord. The next day after being
prayed for perfect victory came. While
father was praying for dinner service God
healed me. Oh, what peace and joy
flooded my soul ! It seemed as if the very
windows of heaven were opened, and sweet
blessings were pouring into my soul. Truly,
the Lord is a present help in time of need.
He has manifested himself to us right in
the eyes of the world. Sinners have seen
his healing power. Saints have been
strengthened and encouraged. We truly
can say, " My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit rejoiceth in God my Savior."
His praises shall continually be in my
mouth. Your saved sister, all on the altar,
Mrs. Tishie Lea.
Osyka, Miss.
" The way of the Lord - is strength."
DIVINE HEALING.
A BIBLE DOCTRINE.
BY W. D. 31 ' CRAW.
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AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER
TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER. MAT. 24: 31.
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SO WILL I SEEK OUT MY SHEEP, AND WILL DELIVER THEM OUT OF ALL PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE
BEEN SCATTERED IN THE CLOUDY AND DARE DAY. EZEK. 34: 12.. des. 32.39
VOLUME XXIV. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904. NUMBER 19
THE SINGLE HEAD OF WHEAT.
All my daily tasks were ended
And the hush of night had come,
Bringing rest to weary spirits,
Calling many wanderers home.
" He that goeth forth and weepeth,
Bearing golden sheaves of wheat,
Shall return again rejoicing,
Laden with the harvest sweet."
This I read and deeply pondered,
What of seed my hand had sown,
What of harvest I was reaping
To be laid before the throne.
While my thoughts were swiftly glancing
O'er the path my feet had trod,
Sleep sealed up my weary eyelids
And a vision came from God.
In the world's great field of labor
All the reapers' tasks were done,
Each one hastened to the Master
With the sheaves that he had won.
Some with sheaves so poor and scanty,
Sadly told the number o ' er ;
Others staggered ' neath the burden
Of the golden grain they bore.
Gladly then the pearly gateways
Opened wide to let them in,
And they sought the Master's presence,
With their burdens rich or thin.
Slowly, sadly, with the reapers,
Who had labored long and late,
Came I, at the Master's bidding,
And was latest at the gate.
There apart from all the others,
Weeping bitterly, I stood:
I had toiled from early morning,
Working for the others' good.
Where one friend had fallen fainting,
By his piles of golden grain,
With a glass of cooling water
I revived his strength. again.
And another, worn and weary,
I had held and cheered a while,
Till, her failing strength returning,
She went forward with a smile.
And the others I had aided
While the golden moments fled,
Till the day was spent, and evening
On the earth her tear- drops shed:
And I to the Master's presence
Came with weary, toil- worn feet,
Bearing, as my gathered harvest,
But a single head of wheat.
So, with tearful eyes, I watched them,
As, with faces glad and bright,
One by one they laid their burdens
Down before the throne of light.
Ah! how sweetly, then, the blessings
Sounded to my listening ear:
" Nobly done, my faithful servants,
Rest now in your mansions here."
Then I thought with keenest sorrow,
Words like these are not for me:
Only those with heavy burdens
Heavenly rest and blessings see;
Yet I love the Master truly,
And I've labored hard since dawn,
But I have no heavy burden:
Will He bid me to be gone I
While I questioned thus in sadness,
Christ, the Master, called for me,
And I knelt before him saying,
" I have only this for thee.
" I have labored hard, 0 Master,
I have toiled. from morn till night,
But I sought to aid my neighbors,
And to make their labors light;
" So the day had passed unnoticed,
And to- night with shame I come,
Bringing as my gathered harvest,
But a single wheat- head home."
SMALL THINGS.
BY MARY COLE.
" FOR who hath despised the day of
small things ?" Zech. 4: 10. I imagine
I hear some one say, " I have not." As
God's ministers and workers we would do
vell• to consider this matter a moment and
see if we have been as innocent on this line
as we thought. Jesus is our pattern, and
the find him, the lowly Nazarene, at the
well preaching a whole sermon to one
woman. His subject was weighty. The
woman, after receiving the good news,
went and told the whole city. Through
this humble effort and small beginning
the light of the gospel reached many hearts
— because Jesus was willing to break the
bread of life to even one poor hungry soul.
God's ways are not our ways. " For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.'' Isa.
55 : 9. The dear Lord did not say, " This
is too small a congregation for me. Give
me a large crowd; then I will preach."
Did you ever stop to think that it is the
ones and twos scattered here and there
over the face of the earth who are going
through to the glory world? " One of a
city, and two of a family." Jer. 3: 14.
These are the last days, the gleaning
time. " Yet gleaning grapes shall be left
in it, as the shaking of an olive- tree, two
or three berries in the top of the upper-most
bough, four or five in the outmost
fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord
God of Israel." Isa. 17: 6. Have you
been willing to take time to preach to a
congregation of one, or of a half dozen?
Do you draw your inspiration from God,
or from the large crowds? Do you deem
it not worth while to preach when so few
souls come out to meeting? Oh, may the
Lord help us to be humble enough to min-ister
to the few. I say " humble enough"
because I truly believe that some exalta-tion
is creeping in when ministers despise
small crowds and only enjoy preaching
where the congregations are largest. When
a preacher gets disgusted with small con-gregations
and feels little or no inspira
ton to labor with the few hungry souls
that do attend, he is not humble enough yet
for God to have his perfect Way with him.
Let us give this a little prayerful
thought. Is it a real love for souls and a
humble desire to please Jesus that con-strains
you to labor ? or is there a little
secret inclination toward the big preacher
If you knew God sent you to a certain
place, how would you feel if only a few
came out to meeting? Would you feel
like running away, and besides give the
people of the town a good scoring for not
attending the meeting? If you will take
this matter to God and consider it prayer-fully,
you may be able to see how much
the crowds have to do with your preach-ing.
The most thorough and lasting work is
not always done in large congregations.
If only a few come to meeting, and they
are willing to receive the truth, humble
themselves and get salvation, and live firm
and true to God; you will have done as
much lasting good, perhaps, as if you had
preached to hundreds. Of course, the
greater the congregation, the more people
will be left without excuse in the day of
judgment. Sometimes it is only a. very
few out of a large congregation that ac-cept
the truth and get saved. It takes a lit-tle
more love, humility, and compassion to
preach to small numbers. Now shall we
overlook the Master's plan ? Shall we starve
the few hungry, famishing souls because
their neighbors do not want the truth'
Jesus said, " Strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find it." Mat. 7: 14.
" Fear not, little flock ; it is your Father's
good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
Luke 12; 32_ Look at the great oak. Its
beginning was very small— once a little
acorn. The church of the living God has
stood for ages. " She that looketh forth
as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as
the sun, and terrible as an army with ban-ners."
S. of Sol. 6: 10.
Of what is she composed? One true
child of God hid away in some secluded
country plaee; two or three standing alone
in some crowded city, where sin abounds,
and the masses are going heedlessly down
to destruction. Because they are so few
and scattered, should we neglect to shep-herd
them ? Is this the example Jesus
set? Search the Word and see. 0 dear
ones, let us not lose the simplicity of the
gospel which characterized the New Tes-tament
church. Let us search ourselv, s
closely to see if we are lacking on th is
line. If we have diverged in the least, let
us retrace our steps and get back to the
old land marks, where we can fill the pIae(:
of New Testament ministers and shepherds
of the flock. To shepherd and can- for
the few may not put cash in your pocket,
but it will put stars in your crown of re-joicing.
" They that be wise shall . shin,
as the brightness of the firmame: It and
they that turn many to righteousness as
the stars forever and ever." Dan. 12:
SELP- DENIAL.
BY 0. B. REYNOLDS.
" IF any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me." Mat. 16. 24. This, dear
ones, is just as much of a commandment
as is, to repent, but how few seem to real-ize
this. My heart has been stirred on this
line in the last few weeks because of the
lack of this among the dear saints. Many
are so burdened with the affairs of this
life that they seem to think they have no
time to pray, or attend public worship ;
especially if there is no revival going on.
They say they are so . tired that when night
comes they do not feel like going to meet-ing.
Still they try with all the power they
have to hold on to God. Oh, what a sad
failure
- Dear ones, listen to what God's Word
says : " man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of this life ; that
he may please him who hath chosen him
to be a soldier." 2 Tim. 2: 4. " Not for-saking
the assembling of ourselves togeth-er,
as the manner of some is ; but exhort-ing
one another: and so much the more,
as ye see the day approaching." Heb. 10:
25. " Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal : for where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also." Mat. 6 : 19, 21.
These texts surely mean something; yet
we find many professed saints are seeking
after this world's goods, trying to hold
to this world and also keep salvation. Many
do not even deny themselves of a few pen-nies
to support the gospel, and have money
on deposit. They do hot take the Lord's
paper, but give three dollars per year for
a daily in order to get the markets. I -
have known some to even dress so shabbily
that it would bring a reproach on God's
cause, when at the same time, possibly,
they had sold two hundred dollars' worth
of stock, with no debts to meet. Oh, dear
ones, throw away such a profession and
repent, dig deep and strike the rock, where
your all sufficiency is Christ, and you can
say with our beloved Paul: " What things
were gain to me, those I counted loss for
Christ." Let us lay all on the altar, our-selves
included, and we will see this glori-ous
evening light spread as never before.
Let us take our position where • od's
Word places us, for we are there anyhow.
" Love not the * rid, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not
in him." 1 John 2: 15. Surely, the life
of a Christian is a self- denying one. Let
us notice what Jesus did for us on the self-denial
line. He left his Father's home,
came to this wicked world and suffered as
no man suffered. All for our sins ! At a
certain time one said to him, " I will fol-low
thee whithersoever thou goest. And
Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and
birds of the air have nests; but the Son of
man hath not where to lay his head."
Luke 9: 57, 58. Have any of us gone that
far in self- denial as to have no place to
call home?
Yes, dear reader, many saints whom God
has called to go into his vineyard have no
place on this earth which they can call
home. They have sold all they possessed
in this world, and gave the price of it to
be used in the cause of God, Whi/ e they
went into this wicked and friendless world
to battle against sin; choosing rather to
suffer affliction with the people of God
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
season. Heb. 11: 25.
How is it with you2 Have you seen those
brethren compelled to leave the gospel field
and labor with their hands to support
their families, while your granaries were
full of wheat and corn; smoke- houses full
of meat and lard, and cellars full of pota-toes,
vegetables, and fruit? If this is your
condition, read the following scripture an .
meditate upon it: " But whoso hath this
world's good, and seeth his brother have
need, and shutteth up his bowels of com-passion
from him, how dwelleth the love
of God in him?" 1 John 3: 17.
Mother Eve fell in the beginning over
self. She desired self- gratification. Hence,
we find the Word saying, " For the love
Then I laid it down with weeping,
At his blessed, pierced feet,
And he smiled upon my trembling-
Ah! his smile was passing sweet.
" Child, it is enough" he answered,
" All I asked for, thou hast brought,
And among the band of reapers,
Truly, bravely Nast thou wrought.
" This was thy appointed mission
Well hast thou performed thy task;
Have no fear that I will chide thee
This is all that I would ask."
Then I woke: but long the vision
In my heart I pondered o'er,
While I tried to see what meaning
Hidden in its depth it bore.
And at length its lesson slowly
Dawned upon my wondering mind,
Never mind what others gather,
Do whate'er thy hands can find.
If it be thy lotted mission
Thus to serve the reaper band,
And the evening find thee weary
With an empty sheafless hand:
Let thy heart be never troubled,
Faithfully fulfil thy task;
Have no fears that he will chide thee,
Heavy sheaves he will not ask.
— Selected.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
of money [ self- gratification] is the root
of all evil." 1 Tim. 6: 10.- She desired to
be as God, know good from evil, and
bought it, and thereby threw the whole
world in wickedness, which was the price
of it. We often hear it said, " I want to
lay up something for my children." If your
children are intelligent, and industrious
they do not need your money, for an in-dividual
of that character has ample op-portunities
to accumulate in this life
without any outside help. And if
your children are spendthrifts and
reckless, your money would lie det-rimental
to them, and perhaps run
them deeper in sin. So, dear reader, obey
the word found in Mat. 6: 19, and use
your time, talent, and means to the glory
of God. Then this precious promise is
yours: " For we know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
2 Cor. 5: 1.
I feel that God's ministers are largely
to blame for this state of affairs. While
we have held up the Bible standard on.
" Wherefore do ye spend money on that;
which is not bread [ Isa. 55: 2] ?" and a
hireling ministry, we have failed to raise
it on self- denial; and the devil has taken
advantage of this and whispered in the
people's ears, " You need not give any--
thing" awl thus has side- tracked a great
many. I have gone into communities
where this spirit existed. Some dear ones
who had previously been there had raised
the one and failed to raise the other, and
when the Word went forth on the line of
giving, some would cry, " See, they are run-ning
into Babylon" and, " You are after
the money" and thereby Satan would try
to hinder the work. I am fully convinced
that when we raise the standard on one
line we should not fail to raise it on the
other also, for Satan does not care; he will
push us over the line or stop us before we
reach it. But we hear the Word say, " Let
no man deceive you with vain words: for
because of these things cometh the wrath
of God upon the children of disobedi-ence."
Eph. 5: 6. You see by this text
that God holds us responsible if we fail
to obey his Word, and we as the ministers
are responsible if we fail to raise a per-
, feet standard for the people to follow.
Jesus says, " And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me"
( John 12 : 32), and to lift up his Word
is to lift up Christ.
Many times the enemy comes around
and says, " You need not speak on that
line, as the people know that; and if you
keep silent, they will see you are not after
money." This is another falsehood which
comes from the father of lies. Some people
have been fleeced by sect Babylon for so
many years that when they get free they
feel so light and free from the yoke of sect
bondage that the devil takes advantage
of it and settles them clear below the Bible
line. We as shepherds, who watch over
God's sheep, should be careful and warn
them of this danger. Those that are
strong must support the weak. Always
bear in mind this scripture: " Faith conies
by hearing." Read Rom. 10: 14- 17. I am
fully persuaded that a great many of God's
. ministers, for one, have let down on this
line, but, dear ones, I have renewed my
covenant with God, and taken a stand
against Satan, and will not shun to declare
the whole counsel of God. I request the
prayers of the church that I may ever keep
humble and do his bidding; for the salvo-
• tion of precious souls depends upon God's
ministry. Amen.
countable to God for the use of every abil-ity
we possess. Do not think by using' one
of your talents or part of your means for
God, you can use the remainder to please
yourself ( for in so doing you would most
surely, either directly or indirectly, use
them for the adversary) ; and that God
will then reward you as having been faith-
The Lord's way of looking at these
things, or his standard of equality is
shown again in his judgment as rendered
in the case of the widow and the rich cast-ing
money into the treasury. " And Jesus
sat over against the treasury, and beheld
how the people cast money into the treas-ury.
And many that were rich cast in
much. And there came a certain poor
widow, and she threw in two mites, which
make a farthing. And he called his dis-ciples,
and saith unto them, Verily I say
unto you, that this poor widow bath cast
more in than all they which have cast into
the treasury." - Why Because she had
east in a greater amount in dollars and
cents? Ah, no, but because she cast in all
she had, even all her living. The others
gave of their riches. They gave a part;
while she gave all. So it is in giving
means for the support and spreading of
the gospel to- day. God does not require
that some be burdened and others eased.
This would he the ease were all required to
give the same amounts. If a meeting is
held in your place, or there is a call for
help from any point, do not determine how
much you will give by the amount that
some other brother or sister expects to give,
but let each give as God has prospered him.
If Brother A is worth $ 500, and Brother
B $ 5000, would it be equal if they should
each give $ 5 ? - Brother A would be giving
one one- hundredth of what he possessed,
while Brother B would only be giving one
one- thousandth part, or one tenth as much
as A, proportioning it in this way. In an
other way Brother A would have $ 495 left,
while Brother B had $ 4,995. You see this
is not equal at all.
Let us then, each and every one, see to
it that we do and give according to our
individual ability and as God prospers us
individually. " For we dare not make our-selves
of the number, or compare ourselves
with some that commend themselves ; but
they measuring themselves by themselves,
and comparing themselves among them-selves,
are not wise. .. . But according to
the measure of the rule which God bath
distributed to us, . . for not he that
commendeth himself is approved, but
whom the Lord commendeth." 2 Cor. 10:
12- 18. Let us give as - God requires of us,
or rather, as he wishes us and enables us to
give. Let no one try to hide . behind
another, but each live directly unto God;
for to him we must each give direct per-sonal
account. If A wastes all that he has,
B will not have to give account for it. And
again, if B excuses himself from giving
because A is not doing so, or because C has
greater possessions than he, or because
some one else is slothful, or is a poor man-ager,
will this excuse B before God? No;
B must give account of B ' s actions, and
the use to which B has put his money, etc.
And perhaps he can, by setting a. good ex-ample,
provoke some of the others to love
ad good works.
An other point we feel like noticin g is
concerning managing. When some one
who is poor is in need of help, so often
some one is ready to excuse themselves
from giving because the party in need does
not manage well. No doubt it is generally
true. But did you ever think why they
do not manage so well as you do? Is it
not because they have not the ability? Do
you not possess more talent in this line?
Perhaps they are using all they have and
are doing the best they know. This is as
munch as you are doing; so do not corn-plain,
but rather thank the Lord for the
ability and judgment you have and use ' it
- to his glory and be merciful to your
brother who is less blessed; and instead of
despising his weakness, if you have oppor-tunity,
teach him better. Perhaps there is
some other line in which the Lord has to
be merciful with you, some other line i.-- u
which you are weak.
If every one could but learn the blessed
secret of doing all you can ( to make a more
direct application let each read it. doing
all I can, giving all I can), this world would
no doubt be a somewhat better world.
doubt all will at once agree, and say, " Oh,
yes, God is equal, certainly. He does not
require any more of one than he does of
another." Very well, we will consider the
matter, and you may each test yourself
again at the close and see if you still agree
so well, and also see if your ways are equal
as ( in like manner, we mean) the Lord's
are. We will first notice a few scriptures.
" For the kingdom of heaven is as a man
traveling into a far country, who called
his own servants, and delivered unto them,
his goods. And unto one he gave five tal-ents,
to another two, and to another one;
to every man according to his several abil-ity."
Mat. 25: 14, 15. " But the mani-festation
of the Spirit is given to every
man to profit withal. For to one is given
by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to an-other
the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spir-it;
to another the gifts of healing by the
same Spirit; to another the working of
miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another
discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpre-tation
of tongues: but all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing
to every man se .• erally as he will." 1 . Cor.
12: 7- 11. " But unto every one Of us is
given grace according to the measure of
the gift of Christ." Eph. 4: 7. " For I
say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think
of himself more highly than he ought to
think; but to think soberly, according as
God bath dealt to every min the measure
of faith." Rom. 12: 3. " Having then gifts
differing according to the grace that is
given to us, whether prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the proportion of
faith" etc. Rom. 12: 6. " For if there be
first a willing mind, it is accepted accord-ing
to that a man hath, and not according
to that he bath not." 2 Cor. 8: 12.
By these scriptures we see that equality
with God does not mean that he requires
of all persons the same amount in actual
value or quantity, but that he rates accord-ing
to ability; not by the poll or head; hut
as each is able. If you have twice as much
ability to labor in his vineyard as I have,.
will he expect like amounts of work from
us? Nay ; for if this were true, it would
he very unequal. While I might be doing
all I had ability for, and you were accom-plishing
the same amount, yet you would
only be using one- half your ability, and
the other half would be lying idle, which
would certainly be as bad as the man who -
let his talent lie idle.
We will consider further the parable of
the talents as recorded in Mat. 25: 14- 30.
To one he gave five, to another two, and
to another one. The one who had the five
used them all and gained five others beside.
The one who had two used both and gained
two more. The one which had one talent
hid Ins lord's money. It was . oniy one tal-ent
though. You will remember his lord's
punishment'for hiding the same. " Take
the talent from him and cast him into
outer darkness" etc. Suppose the one
who had two talents had used one and
buried the other, do you presume his lord
had held him guiltless? Is not a talent
a talent whether it be the only one you
have or whether it be one of several? God
wants all, and all to be used.
So we will find it in every line and in
every part ( if God's work. Those to whom
little is given, there is but little required.
It is with every person " according to that
a man bath" and " he that had gathered
much had nothing over; and he that had
gathered little had no lack." God requires
of every one of us all that we have ; just
an unconditional surrender of all that we
have, are, or ever expect to have or be.
" So likewise, whosoever he be of you that
foraaketh not all that he bath, he can not
be my disciple." Luke 14: 33. " I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service." Rom. 12 : 1.
The apostle goes right on in this same
chapter then and tells us that after we
have given ourselves over, to let every man
think of himself soberly, according as God
has dealt to him the measure of faith. Tie
is now, after surrendering, just what God
malees of him, or causes or enables him to
be. IIe is then ready to use his gift ac-cording
to the grace given, according to
the proportion of faith. Each of us is ac-
There would be more happy, satisfied pe a-ple
in it any way, Try it for a year, dear-ly
beloved, and see what the results will
be. Live close to God, where he can talk
to you, and put forth every effort possible
for the spread of the gospel. Give jest all
that lies in your power to give. Time is
short and Satan is doing his utmost to cap-ture
and keep souls, and it behooves us to
do likewise. Amen. God bless all- yth( t
readers.
JERUSALEM.
BY A. D. KHAN.
To the Christian mind and the Biblical
student no other city on the face of the
earth possesses a tithe of the interest and
attraction of this " City of the Great
King;" and notwithstanding its great
drawbacks and disadvantages, its filth and
dirt, and its want of all modern improve-ments,
it is still considered the " joy of
all the earth." Its romantic and Scriptural
associations of the past, and its vague and
mystical anticipations of the future, to-e-
ether with its present humiliation and
de gradation, create a peculiar charm upon
even- visitor who conies within its walls,
and they remind him of its wonderful and
eventful history.
The earliest mention perhaps of this'
great city is to- be found in the Book of
Genesis ( Gen. 14: 18), and that in connec-tion
with that wonderful priest— King
Melchizedek of Salem. It is considered by
many that Salem was the ancient name
for Jerusalem. But the city became the
center of attraction from the time of Da-vid,
and it is supposed that he reclaimed it
from the Jebusites, whose capital it was
for centuries before the Jewish conquest.
David fortified the city and built towers,
and made the plan for the Temple. Solo-mon,
his son, however, adorned it with
glory and beauty; and to crown all, be built
that wonderful edifice known as the Temple
of the most high God. Truly it was one
of the wonders of the world, and the glory
of the Jewish nation.
But unfortimately the glory of this
earthly Jerusalem was not to remain for-ever.
Shortly after Solomon's time the
kingdom was divided between Judah. and
Israel ; and on account of the rival capital
of Israel, Jerusalem lost a great deal of
its importance and magnificence. Besides,
during the next four centuries after Sol-omon,
it suffered from no less than five
great hostile attacks, which wrought much
damage to its strength and beauty. The
first of these was made by Shishak, king
of Egypt, during the reign of Rehoboam
( 1 Kin. 14: 25- 27), when Jerusalem was
attacked and the treasury of the temple
a- as plundered and robbed. ( 2) Next dur-ing
the reign of Jehoram, came the Phili-stines
and the Arabians, who broke into
the city and carried away all the substance
that was found in the king's house.
2 Chron. 21: 16, 17. ( 3) . The third at-tack
was made by Joash, king of Israel,
who broke through the city wall, and plun-dered
the temple of Jerusalem. 2 Chr. 25:
22- 24. ( 4) The fourth attack was made
by Rezin, king of Syria, in the reign of
Ahaz. 2 Kin. 16: 5. ( 5) The fifth at-tack
was made by Sennaeherib,- king of
Assyria, when Hezekiah was reigning in
Tudah. 2 Kin. 18: 13- 37. But the work
of destruction and - devastation was brought
to a climax when the great city was be-seiged
by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and
was utterly destroyed. Then came the sad
period of Jewish captivity, during which
the sacred city lay in desolation and ruin.
The work of restoration and repair be-gan
under Zerubbabel and Joshua after
the return from Babylon and was contin-ued
by Ezra and Nehemiah. The work of
restoration continued and Jerusalem em
joyed comparative peace and prosperity
for a period of more than one hundred
years. In B. C. 332 the city surrendered
to the great Macedonian conqueror Alex-his
death it fell into the hands of Ptolemy
as: dteerr: who held it for a time. But after
king of Egypt. The next great ca-lamity
that befel Jerusalem was the hostile
attacks of Antiochus Epiphanes in B. C.
170 and 168. The Syrian king tried to
enforce Greek idolatry upon the Jews,
which aroused the Israelite nobles, and
after desperate fighting they defeated the
Syrian king and delivered their ow?? city.
EQUALITY.
BY NORA DODGE.
IN looking through God's Word, and in
considering his creation, especially his new
creation— his redeemed people; and in ex-amining
his church, the beautiful struc-ture
built by himself ; and seeing its ma g
- nificent perfection and yet its great sim-plicity,
its perfect order of government
and harmony, we are compelled to notice
the equality in God's ways. In all his
laws, regulations, and requirements we see
equality.
In this little message we wish, by the
help of the Spirit, to show up on some
points, what equality with God is. No
THE GOSPEL - TRUMPET 3. May 12, 1904.
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But the prosperity and freedom of Jeru-salem
was not destined to last any length
of time. Family dissension and national
trouble soon brought civil war, which
invited the Romans to interfere. So Pom-pey
captured Jerusalem after a lung and
terrible seige, during which more than
12,000 Jews perished, in B. C. 64. Par-thians
were the next who attacked Jeru-salem
and took possession of it; but they
did not retain it- long. Herod the Great,
au ambitious Idiumean prince, being as-sisted
by the Romans, took possession of the
city. During Ilerod's reign Jerusalem was
rebuilt and the walls renewed and enlarged
and the Temple was restored and rebuilt.
It was this Temple that our Lord saw and
prophesied against. The disciples were in-deed
astonished at the magnificence and
beauty of this splendid • superstructure
and called the attention of our Lord to it
as they passed by, which brought the sig-nificant
words from our Lord concerning
the future destruction of the Temple and
the City. Forty years after this prophetic
judgment was pronounced, the Roman
hosts under Titus laid siege to Jerusalem,
and after a long period of massacre and
bloodshed the great city was razed. The
beautiful Temple was utterly destroyed,
the very foundation was ploughed, so that
not one stone of the suberb edifice was
allowed to remain upon another, thus ful-filling
Christ's infallible words. After the
destruction of Jerusalem, the city remained
in desolation and ruin for about sixty
years, after which the Roman Emperor
I1 adrin expelled all the Jews and Chris-tians
from Jerusalem and rebuilt the city
under a new name. After a long continued
struggle which resulted in no important
issue, Jerusalem was at last declared as
a patriarchal seat of Christendom in A.
D. 451. In 614 the city was ennquered
by the Persian King Khosroe II. The Ro-mans
made another attempt to regain the
city, but their conquest was short- lived.
' Tress came the conquering Mohammedans
tinder Omar and took possession of Jeru-salem,
and built a magnificent mosque on
the very spot where the Temple of Solomon
stood. This edifice is still existing and is the
possession of the Turks. The Kumla of
Mount Moriah, on which the Jewish temple
was built, can still be seen, under the dome
of the mosque. Next to the mosque to the
south is another temple, called by the Mo-hammedans
" Al Eksa" ( the holy sanc-tuary),
on the Alount Lion ; and under-neath
call still be seen the historic Stable
of Solomon. The ' Golden Gate in the East
is still to be seen, but it has been closed by
the Turks since the erection of their
mosque. Next to the Temple area are the
barracks of the soldiers where our Lord
was mocked and scourged by the Roman
soldiers, and also where a few years later
Paul was dragged and whence he spoke to
the angry mob ( Acts 23), and where he was
kept. in charge before his remove! to Gzes-a
rea. Acts ' 23: 33.
GODLY JEALOUSY FOR THE CHILDREN.
BY NOR.' HUNTER.
• ATH ER the people, sanctify the et- ill-gregation,
assemble the elders, gather the
aildren, and those that suet_ the breast:
let the bridegroom go forth of his Amin
ber, and the bride out of her closet." Joel
2: 16. " Gather the children." This is
a command from heaven. How shall we
obey it? This is one of the questions that
should interest every parent of our land.
The Catholics and many Protestant de-nominations
are very zealous to have their
children embrace the same faith they have
embraced, and to this end they are taught
with strict rigidity from early infancy.
Many of them send their children oft to
schools where they have teachers of their
belief and where they mingle only with
children of the same belief. how is it
with us, beloved saints of God? Have we
diligently taught our little ones the evils
of society and of the darkness and sinful-ness
of seetism? Many little Catholic chil-dren
have real bitterness against Protestant
children. Why is this? It is taught and in-stilled
into them by the teaching and ex-amples
of the parents. While we are not
to hate people, neither are we to teach our
children to hate people, yet the works of
the flesh, of which seetism ( heresy) is a part
( Gal. 6: 9- 21), and should be held in abhor-rence
by all the children of the saints of
the Most I l i gh.
" I will open my mouth in a parable:
I will utter dark sayings of old : which
we have heard and known, and our fathers
have told us. We will not hide them from
their children, showing to the generation
to come the praises of the Lord, and his
strength, and his wonderful works that
he bath done. For he established a tes-timony
in Jaeob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers,
that they should make them known to their
children : that the generation to come
might know them. even the children which
should be born; who should arise and de-clare
them to their children : that they
might set their hope in God, and not for-get
the works of God, but keep his com-mandments:
and might not be as their fa-thers,
a stubborn and rebellious genera-tion
; a generation that set not their heart
aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast
with ' God." Psa. 78: 2- 8.
In the days of the patriarchs and proph-ets
the records of the wonderful works
of God were very few, and most that the
people knew of God in those days was what
was handed down by the fathers from gen-eration
to generation, as they did not have
a Bible in nearly every home as we have
to- day. God " established a testimony in
Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers that they
should make them known to their chil-dren."
Ter. 5. Make what known? " The.
praise of the Lord, and his strength, and
his wonderful works that he hath
Ter. 4. What was the object God had in
view in commanding the fathers from gen-eration
to generation to tell their children
these things? " That they might set their
hope in God, and not forget the works ' of
God, but keep his commandments." If this
had such a good effect upon the children
in olden times, I am persuaded it will do
the same to- day. I wonder how many
parents who read this ever sit down and
teach their children the right way, the
straight and narrow way, and warn them
against all false ways, the creeds of men,
etc.
I suppose you devote a little time each
week to reading the daily papers, etc.
How much time do you spend in secret
prayer and supplication that you may
know how to bring up your children " in
the intture and admonition of the Lord"?
Has your life been such that your children
are • convinced of the reality of salvation,
the purity and unity of God's church, or
do they go to sectarian Sunday- schools and
meetings in preference to going with you'
Our children are, and will be what we make
them by precept and example. I wonder
if all that read this can give account to
God with joy in the last day 2 leave we.
_ and are we doing all we can to " gather
the children"? Let us search our hearts
before God. If our own children are not
ready to step up and take father's or mo-ther's
place in the battle- field, how can
we expect the. children of seetarians and
sinners to do it? You who have children
who have grown up since you embraced
this glorious gospel of the kingdom, do
your children love and respect God, his
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
BY GEO. BAILE---..
Tills prominent mountain lies on the
east side of Jerusalem, the Brook Kedron
separating it from the Holy City. Kedruu
is a deep, rough canyon and must be crossed
by one passing from the city to the Mount
of Olives. Passing out at St. Stephen's
Gate on the east of the city, we passed
by the place where tradition says Stephen
was stoned. Here we saw people kissing
the large stone, and we saw candles burn-ing
there to mark the sacred spot,
Leaving this scene, we went perhaps ten
rods farther and crossed the stone bridge
which spans the Kedrou, and stood on
Olive's base. Six or eight rods from the
bridge brought us to the Garden of Geth-semane.
The Garden is enclosed by a
stone wall, perhaps fifteen feet high. Here
stand some very old olive- trees, one sup-posed
to have been standing there in
Christ's day. This is unmistakably the
spot where Jesus prayed in such agony
and said, " If it be possible let this cup
pass from me."
Just outside the Garden the Roman
Catholics have a stone where they say Jus'
das betrayed Jesus with a kiss ; also, the
Greek Catholics have another place where
they claimed he kissed Jesus. So the Ro-mans
are going and kissing one stone, and
the Greeks the other. I saw these poor
souls on their knees kissing those stones
and rubbing their faces against them.
Passing on from Gethsemane we follow-ed
the carriage road leading to Bethany.
The road winds along the foot of the Mount
of Olives. Both Bethany and Bethphage
: ire at the base, and on the south side of
the Mount of Olives. Along this road Jesus
missed with his disciples when he cursed
the fig- tree. It was here he stood when
lie said, " If ye have faith, and doubt not,
ye shall not only do this which is done to
the fig- tree, but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; it shall be done."
From the Garden of Gethsemane a foot-path
leads up the rocky mountain to the
summit. Here, again, we f. ind two places
pointed out as the spot from which Jesus
ascended. The Romans claim one spot
and have the " Church of the Ascension"
covering; the spot, the Greeks having an-
Ather. The mount is comparatively bare,
tatty a few small trees having been
planted or set there within the last fifteen
or twenty years. The only olives of any
; me or size are those in the Garden of
is ethsemane.
SHAMEFACEDNESS.
Tms word is of rare occurrence in the
Bible. It is found in 1 Tim. 2: 9,- and is
used in speaking of the Christians' dress.
Those who profess godliness should dress
: n modest apparel, with shamefacedness
. nd sobriety. Since we as Christians are
Aaamanded to have an experience of shame-
Fneedness, we ought to well understand
: he term, that we may know whether or
a t we have the experience. It means, to
have so tender a conscience toward God
that the slightest wrong done causes you
to stand with blushing face before him.
Some people seem to hare no shame of
- in. Some time ago while traveling we saw
; nine well dressed men drinking whisky
;' rim a flask, openly before all in the car.
They seemed to have no shame of their
sin. Doubtless they would have been
: shamed of Jesus, or to praise his name.
' hristian women whose souls are adorn-sd
with the beauty of this excellent grace
feel an uneasiness. and experience a sense
f shame before God with the smallest
thing in their apparel that is inconsistent
with modest Christianity. Any thing on
, heir persons merely to attract the eye of
admiration causes their faces to burn with
shame before God and before his purity-lovin
people. " Well" says one, " I can
Wear large- headed pins, and_ combs, in my
hair, and let it fall over my ears, and some
ra ribb( n, . rid have slotted seams in my
dress, and lace and trimmings on my un-der
elothes, etc., and experience no sense
of shame." Is that so ? If that is so, I
will tell you where you will experience a
sense of shame. You twill feel ashamed
to praise the Lord in some public worldly
htee. True shamefacedness is the strict-est
modesty, not only in dress, but in the
vs- hide conduct.
When we love God with all our hearts
and desire only his glory, we are ashamed
to do the slightest thing contrary to his
Word. Be careful you do not lose your
conscientiousness. At one time if you were
to do certain things your conscience would
reprove you, but now you can do them and
feel no uneasiness. You are drifting
away from God and had better return unto
him and become shamefaced before him.
Let me exhort you to cultivate this beau-teous
grace in your soul. It is a gem most
beautiful in the sight of God and of all
the pure in heart. Let your dress and words
and acts and general deportment be in
such simplicity and plainness as to testify
to the world and to God of your rich expe-rience
of modesty and shamefacedness.
C. O.
" Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen
for his own inheritance." Psa. 33: 12.
" He that giveth to the poor shall not
lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have
many a curse." Prov. 28 : 27.
Word, and his people? Do they go to
meeting and cause a disturbance during I
services ? Are they saved from sin to- da, e?
If they drift into worldliness, sin, and sect-ism,
I am persuaded by God's Word and
Spirit, that " sin lieth at the door.''
There are exceptions where one parent
is unsaved, but where both parents profess
to be saved and sanctified, and their chil-dren
hear the truth from infancy and
grow, up to be wicked and ungodly, and
marry sectarians, and perhaps preachers
who hate the truth and fight holiness, there
is surely something wrong some how, some
where, or else God's plan has failed utter-ly.
We can not conclude the latter, so the
former is inevitable. Let us not excuse
ourselves with the plea that the world is
so wicked, for God certainly knew just
how wicked the world would be when he
said, " I will make an everlasting covenant
with them, and their seed shall be known
among the Gentiles, and their offspring
among the people : all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the Lord hath blessed." ha. 61:
8, 9. Again, " They shall not labor in
vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they
are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and
their offspring with them." Oh, halle-luiah
for the glorious prophecy concern-ing
our children I . Let us take courage.
humble ourselves under God's mighty
hand, and let God work through us to will
and to do of his own good pleasure on this
line. e,
" Train up a child in the way he should
go : and when he is old, he will not depart
from it." Prov. 22: 6. This does not mean
that he will get saved in old age, perhaps
just in time to escape the, pit of damna-tion
; but be will get saved while in youth
through your godly teaching and example.
and " when he is old, he will not depart
from it." He would have to be in the
way before he could depart from it.
0 beloved, have we done our duty as we
will wish we had in the day of judgment 1
Perhaps you have meant to do the right
thing by your children but have failed.
What is the cause of the failure ? Perhaps
you have compromised as did the children
of Israel ( Neh. 13: 23- 26) and your chil-dren
can not speak the language of
Canaan. If you have it would be. good
to follow the example of Ezra 8: 21.
" Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the
river of Ahava, that we might afflict our-selves
before our God, to seek of him a
right way for us, and for our little ones,
and for all our substance." Let us follow
this example and humble ourselves before
the Lord in fasting and prayer, and ask
th: d to show us what to do to be more sue-eessful
in getting our children saved. I
feel a godly jealously for all the saints'
children, that they may grow up to be
men and women after God's own heart.
Let us lay this to heart more than ever be-fore.
I know of one sister who has proved
herself a real example on this line. Her
daughter was eonverted when very young.
The time came with her ( as it does with
all the young people) when the enemy tried
his best to overthrow her. Her dress, of
course, was plain and modest, and when
she went to school and meeting, little
taunts would be cast at her, and not be-ing
sanctified, of course, it hurt. She
would want just a little of this or that, but
her mother was firm and would not com-promise.
She would talk and pray with
the daughter until the - victory came. A
time or two the daughter gave up and sat
! ek among the sinners in the mr eeting.
mother told me of the awful agony
she suffered during the few hours she was
backslidden. She fasted and prayed until
the Spirit of God got hold of the daughter,
melted her up, and she was restored. Now
the girl is about twenty years old and has
a good settled experience of salvation.
This ought to be encouraging to our hearts,
dear parents. It will take days, weeks.
months, and years. ost carnest prayer: but
how glad we will be at the judgment bar
to see our beloved children on the right
hand of Jesus, ready to dwell with him
always, rather than to see them go away
into everlasting torment. ‘ Vhile the chil-dren
are young it is not so hard, but when
they get up in their teens then the battle
is on. With faith in God, a rebuke against
all evil, and a determination to please God,
ire can conquer if we will.
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meekly issue. This is on account of the
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NEWS FROM THE FIELD.
On the Arabian Sea, April 8.
Dearly Beloved Brethren and Trumpet
Readers : Again we greet you in the name
of Jesus. We are glad to report victory
in his name, and that all are well, rejoic-ing
in the God of our salvation. Since
our last report from Port Said, Egypt,
we have been constantly on the water.
Our ship was delayed a few hours at the
mouth of the Suez Canal on account of a
severe desert sand storm. There was no
rain, but there was a heavy gale of wind,
and the storm was so severe that the air
was filled with dust and sand making it
possible to see but a few rods at any time
until it abated. While traveling so long
on water we are unable to report any pub-lic
meetings ; but have been enabled to give
many private talks, and in various ways
work for the Lord, which we believe will
be fruitful in days to - come. No doubt a
few words about our journey would be of
interest. After going aboard the vessel
at Port Said, we received several rolls
of Gospel Trumpets. They were gladly
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1901.
no
true that the kingdom of heaven does not
consist in meat or drink, but yet the same
scriptural law that requires us to be tem-perate
in all things would forbid the use
of such articles as are injurious to the
system.
Ques. Will you please answer in the
Trumpet whether you think it is wrong
for a Christian to attend the World's
Fair? G. M.
Ans. It would not be correct to say yes.
All would depend on the motive and pur-pose
and whether one could attend to the
glory of God.
Ques. Would you be so kind as to an-swer
whether or not feet- washing should
be private or public? R. J. F.
Ans. The ordinances of God's house,
such as the communion of the Lord's sup-per
and feet- washing, are designed ex-clusively
for the church, or children of
God, and do not pertain to the world.
Therefore, these are ordinances to be ob-served
by the children of God among them-selves.
On the other hand, it is not nec-essary
that they be observed by the chil-dren
of - God in a private manner, to the
exclusion of any unsaved person who may
be interested. Hence it is not necessary,
when it is desired to observe these or-dinances,
that an announcement be made
to sinners to assemble them as if to hear
the Word, but yet we should not exclude
any who wish to attend.
Ques. 1. " Is baptism of the Holy Ghost
immersion, or is the word baptized in Acts
1: 4, 5 immersion ? I was immersed about
two years ago and a man made me some-what
doubtful of immersion as the Holy
Ghost came from above."
Ques. 2. Should one attend a Bible
training- school to get a Bible education?
A. B. B.
Ans. 1. Real baptism, or baptism prop-er,
is the immersion in water, while the
baptism of the Holy Ghost is a figurative
use of the word. Acts 1: 5 reads as fol-lows
: " For John truly baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence." In
the figurative use of the word the features
contained in the real use are lost; thus
baptism in the downward and the upward
motion into and out of the element be-speaks
a death to sin and the world and a
resurrection to newness of life in Christ
Jesus. It also typifies the future resur-rection
of the dead. The baptism of the
Holy Ghost possesses none of these uses or
features. While this is true, it is also
unnecessary that the figurative use be a
downward and an upward motion into and
out of the element. It is sufficient that
there be a complete inundation or sub-merging
as from above or round about,
as was the case with the Holy Spirit bap-tism.,
Hence there is disagreement in
the uses of the word.
Ans. 2. A Bible training- school may
possess some advantages in gaining a Bible
education; but we believe that it is un-necessary
to attend such a school, since one
can obtain a Bible education by individual
study and prayer.
Sister Gloria G. Hale has gone home to
Kansas on account of the illness of her
father.
Sister Amy Watson left last Friday for
Pittsburg.
1vVe are glad to note the return of Bro.
Wm. Ebel, who has been absent from the
Office about two years, engaged in gospel
work.
When we meet some of God's children
from whom we have been separated for
some time, the joy we witness gives us a
faint idea of what it will be when Jesus
comes.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
QUESTION.
" I see by the Trumpet that the Office is
in debt. Is this scriptural? ' Owe no man
anything' is one of the plainest of biblical
requirements, and the breaking of it is as
much a sin as any other plain command of
God." N. D. W.
The word owe in the New Testament has
a somewhat different meaning from its
general use. It is taken from the Greek
word opheilo, which is defined delinquency.
To be delinquent means to offend by neg-lect
of duty or obligation; hence, in finan-cial
matters, as long as a man does not
offend his creditor by neglecting his obli-gations
he is not delinquent. If a man
gives his note for a certain sum of money.
he is not considered delinquent until the
note is due, and he has neglected to pay
it, and thereby offended his creditor.
" Owe no man anything" ; that is, do not
neglect to pay " tribute to whom tribute is
due ; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honor to whom honor." If a
thing is due a man, whether it be tribute,
custom, honor, or finance, do not neglect to
pay that which is due him at the time it
is due. This text does not teach that we
should contract no debts, but that we
should pay at the time they are due those
that we do make, and love one another.
D. 0. T.
Ques. Is coffee drinking an evil if in-dulged
in temperately? Do you believe
that coffee drinking alone would keep one
out of heaven? Physicians tell us that the
stimulating properties in coffee aid diges-tion
if used temperately, and is more
healthful at meal time than cold drinks,
for the latter have a tendency to lower the
temperature of the stomach and delay di-gestion.
Do you not think that coffee and
tea drinking would come under the head
of being temperate in all things? . We
know that lettuce contains opium, and
opium is a poison, I believe; yet we know
that lettuce is a healthful article of food.
The Word says that the kingdom of heav-en
is not in meat and drink, and then it
tells us to be temperate in all things. Will
you please explain these things in the
Trumpet? - C. C. 11.
Ans. The use of any beverage, even in a
moderate degree, is evil when it tends to
produce a craving or an appetite that is
satisfied only by indulgence in the use of
that beverage. Such an appetite is an ab-normal
one and tends to bondage. As to
the benefits or evils of coffee drinking, the
benefit consists probably in the warm
drink, but this benefit can be derived from
other warm drinks which are not injurious.
As to the stimulating properties, these are
only temporary and are therefore pro-duced
at the expense of one's vital force.
While some physicians may say that it has
a beneficial effect, they do not all say so,
but health writers in general rather con-demn
its use. The evil is that it causes a
craving which is unnatural and which
brings the individual into more or less
bondage. It brings the system into an ab-normal
condition which apparently re-quires
the . continued use of the beverage.
This is attested by the experience of
thousands. Many who were slaves to the
use of coffee on coming into the light and
experience of salvation realized that they
were saved from the use of this drink.
Perhaps all foods contain more or less of
properties, which, considered by them-selves,
are injurious, but the use of or-dinary
foods does not tend to enslave one
like the use of coffee or tea does. It is
received, as the last we had seen were
printed in January. Our company assem-bled
to hear the news from the home land.
First the office items were read in all the
papers, then the news from the field. We
were much rejoiced to learn of the pro-gress
of the work in America ; also glad
to tell you the Lord is opening avenues
for the pure gospel in many places in other
lands. The first part of our present jour-ney
was through the Suez Canal for a dis-tance
of about one hundred miles. The
canal is from two hundred to three hun-dred
feet in width, and extends through a
barren desert land. It requires from fif-teen
to - eighteen hours to make this trip,
as the government will not allow vessels to
travel over about six miles an hour in the
canal, and the vessel must be piloted
through by a government officer. After
passing out of the canal we came into the
Red Sea where we had about thirteen hun-dred
miles of smooth sailing before reach-ing
Aden, Arabia, in the Gulf of Aden.
We had not gone far after coming
into the Red Sea until we were re-minded
that we were passing the place
where the children of Israel crossed over
when fleeing from Pharaoh. To our right
was Egypt, whose shore was lined with
barren mountains, while on the left was
the wilderness, a waste of land without
vegetation. In the distance was the dim
outline of Mount Sinai, where the law
was given to Moses on two tables of stone.
To behold this scene would not require
much imagination to realize the necessity
of having a fervent trust in the Lord in
order to be supplied with food in such
desert country. But it was here that God
sent down the manna from heaven, from
day to day, in sufficient amount to supply
them with the necessary food.
As these places came before our vision
they brought remembrances of past events
of the manifestations of the power of God,
when the children of Israel were obedient,
and of his judgments when they were dis-obedient.
The same is true at the present
time. Obedience to the Word of God will
bring about a manifestation of his power
for good, and disobedience will call forth
his judgments.
As we continued our journey the sea
widened until land could be seen on neith-er
side.
At Aden, we were transferred to the
steamship Orient, bound for Bombay,
India. The next day we struck the mon-soons,
which lasted about one day and
night. Our vessel being a large one these
winds did not affect the sailing to any
great extent. For several days the ther-mometer
in our cabins has registered 80
degrees fahrenheit day and night. Our
time is passed in talking to passengers,
reading and studying the Word, writing,
singing and praying. Around us on every
side is water, with now and then a vessel
in sight and but little else to break the
monotony of the scene, except the little
flying- fishes gliding along above the water,
having almost the exact appearance of
birds, and also the shoals of porpoises, a
large kind of fish, leaping several feet a-bove
the water seeming to enjoy the sport.
Some time ago while on the Mediterranean
Sea we saw a large sea- monster only a
short distance from our vessel. Thus far
we have seen no whales.
We - expect to arrive at Bombay, early
to- morrow morning, April 9th, then we will
have about fifteen hundred miles overland
to Calcutta, at which place we hope to ar-rive
on Monday, 11th. E. E. Byrum.
Winchester, Ky., April 30.
Once more I write to inform you of the
prosperity of the cause of God where I
have been laboring. Since my last report
I have labored at Briceton, 0., in company
with Bro. and Sister Worden. Here a few
souls were saved, and the saints strength
- ened and encouraged. Then I wento
Springfield, 0., with Bro. A. J. Kilpatrick,
stopped at Castine, 0., and preached one
sermon on our way. I left Bro. A. J. Kil-patrick
at Springfield, and went to Dartall,
O., where it was necessary to look after
some trouble among the brethren. Here'
I met Bros. Axup and Naylor, Bro. war-ren
accompanying
the brethren a
mfee. w After meeting
times, the dear
Lord helped wonderfully in delivering his'
judgments against all contention, Welt
caused all who had stepped bide to
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
We receive many questions to be an-swered
which have recently been answered
in the Trumpet, and we do not care to
answer the same again. If those who have
questions would only carefully observe
the contents of the Trumpet from time to
time, probably the very information de-sired
will be given. It is impossible to
answer all that have been sent us. If any-thing
is urgent or demands an early reply
we will give special attention to the same
either in Trumpet or by letter.
OBITUARIES REFUSED.
Many obituaries sent for publication do
not state the place or residence of the de-ceased
party, so that no one would know
where they lived. This omission is per-haps
an oversight, but it is sufficient to
keep them out of print. See editorial in
last week's paper.
OFFICE ITEMS.
The workers are beginning to arrange
and systematize the work which will fall
to them during the camp- meeting, which
will mean the caring for the hundreds that
will attend, and the performance of many
other duties incidental to a large assembly.
Since the regular Trumpet workers will
undertake the camp- meeting work, we
trust the readers of the Trumpet will allow
us to omit one issue of the paper. See
editorials.
Bro. and Sister Decker, of New Florence,
Pa., have shipped us two firkins of apple-butter.
Another sister has arrived as a new
worker— Olga Gundersen, of New York
City, formerly from Norway.
May 12, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
their mistake, and by humbling themselves
before God proved themselves clear in the
matter, so that God restored unto them the
joys of his salvation without the loss of
any. It seems from what I could learn that a
bad spirit got among the Germans at Day-ton.
May the Lord help them to renounce
the rigid exacting spirit of the devil, and
get clear for God.
I was called home from this meeting by
telegram to the bedside of my dying. broth-er.
After his death I helped Bro. Bolds
in a meeting at Antwerp, 0. At the close
of this meeting we went to my home at
Payne, 0., where the brethren had com-menced
a meeting, and Bro. E. Ellis joined
them in the same. Having made previous
arrangements to commence a meeting at
Fort Jefferson, 0., I was compelled to leave
the meeting at Payne with Bros. Bolds,
Ellis, Worden, J. N. and T. G. Howard,
and Wm. L. Kilpatrick, and go by myself
to this new place, they all feeling disposed
not to leave the Payne meeting. I then re-turned
home and after about one week's
stay took train, March 28th for Castine,
0. Here I met Bros. Warren and Naylor.
We held a four nights' meeting with the
saints, which was blessed of God in the con-version
of one backslider. Others entered
the experience of entire sanctification. Co-pious
showers of blessings fell, which
caused the happy saints to leap and shout
praises to God.
From here we went to Bradford, 0., and
had meeting over Lord's day, which
was blessed of the Lord. There I parted
with Bros. Warren and Naylor, they going
to their homes. I took train for Kentucky.
Arrived at Mt. Olivet, April 5th, and com-menced
meeting on the night of the 6th
in the K. P. hall. The prejudice was
great here on account of some crooked deal-ings
in the country of some professing to
be holiness preachers borrowing money
and not paying it . back. This I say as a
warning to such, that if those debts are not
soon looked after, it will become necessary
for all the saints to be informed that such
persons have no part nor lot in this work.
I understand that according to the advice
of the ministers they have quit preaching,
but still claim to be saved.
I found a very intelligent and reason-able
people at Mt. Olivet. This they
proved by listening to the Word of God
and declaring to the people of their town
and country that we people had been mis-represented,
and that they had now heard
for themselves - and we surely were right,
for we preached the truth. We had many
warm invitations to return and preach to
them. There is a good opening here now
for a tabernacle meeting. Could not Bro.
Carter, Fitzwater, Ford, or some Holy
Ghost minister look after them this sum-mer?
I left Mt. Olivet for Crayton, Ky., April
the 11th. Here we commenced meeting the
15th. Am sorry to say, I found the cause
of God in a bad condition here. They had
not had any meetings in the neighborhood
since last fall, though they have a house in
which to worship. Different things had
crept in and scattered the flock, including
blunders and unwise teaching from the
pulpit. Some, it is said, were very bold in
their tirades against the different political
parties and the laws of our government.
All such I would kindly advise, If you can
not leave politics out of the pulpit, as ha. s
been agreed to by the brethren at different
times, then appoint you a meeting for that
purpose and take the stump and deliver
your message as do other politicians; but
leave the pulpit for the preaching of the
pure Word of God. Another thing, and
not at all the least, is that looseness of the
sexes had drifted in among the professors
and caused a neighborhood scandal. Glad
to say we have reasons to believe that some
were delivered from this hellish snare.
Am sorry to say that it becomes our duty
to inform the saints and people of these
parts, as well as everywhere, that one J.
Right, who has formerly professed among
the saints, is not worthy of your confidence
‘ or fellowship. We found him puffed up
and full of a picking and faultfinding
spirit, and prating against God's ministers,
who have long bore with him and tried to
get him to see his condition. His family
loves this truth, but he now forbids them
-. to go where they can hear it, with awful
. threats. The order at Crayton was excel-lent.
When they were convinced that we
were determined to stand for the right un-compromisingly
they respected us. I hope
the few who have been delivered out of the
snare of Satan, will now stand together
and live down the reproach by humble
watchfulness and devotion to God, and care
for each other, so that when they have their
next meeting the Lord can save some souls
who are now watching to see them live
what they have professed. I shall ever
cherish warm remembrances of the many
warm friends I met at Crayton. May the
Lord save many of them in the near fu-ture.
I came to Winchester yesterday, and
had meeting last night. The little ones
here seem to be getting along gloriously
in their labors for the Lord. We are ex-pecting
a good work to be done here. Let
all pray to this end. Yours in Christ,
sanctified, made white, tried and being
tried. Pray for me, that I do the work of
an evangelist in Jesus' name.
Geo. W. Howard.
McPherson, Kan., May 2.
Once more I am glad to report complete
victory over all the powers of darkness.
My heart is constantly filled with grati-tude
and praise for the blessings bestowed
upon me. Since my last report I have been
busily engaged in the service of the Master.
About the middle of February I went to
Spring Green and held a two weeks' meet-ing,
being assisted by Bro. Myers. Sister
Bateman and I had been there in Novem-ber
and held a four weeks' meeting, and
a little church was raised up. So we felt
God wanted us to return and see after the
little flock. After Bro. Myers left I re-mained
about four weeks longer with the
church; also held a meeting about three and
a half miles west of Spring Green. One
precious soul was delivered from Catholi-cism
and got a clear experience of salva-tion,
giving up lodges, tobacco, etc. No
others took a firm stand for the truth, but
we feel that many were made friends to the
truth. The meeting was closed after about
two weeks.
Feeling that God would have me leave
them a while ( for God laid his hand upon
me, with the proper qualifications, for over-seeing
the flock), I left them and went to
Phillipsburg, Kan., and remained over
Sunday with the church there. I found the
saints happy in Jesus and on the advance
for God. They were building a new meet-ing-
house. I went from there to Smith
Center and held a two weeks' meeting. Bro.
Jas. B. Peterman assisted in the latter part
of the meeting. Saints were much edified
and strengthened, and some old rubbish
was gotten out of the way. A number be-came
interested, but did not have the bold-ness
to take a stand for the whole truth.
Truly, the work in northwest Kansas is
encouraging. I have labored in those parts,
over two years. At present I am at home,
and expect to begin a meeting here this
week. I would like to have some assist-ance,
Lord willing. Yours in defense of
the whole truth, Claudine Heald.
Rosedale, Kan., April 2.
Dear Saints of God: I greet you in the
precious name of Jesus. I am at present
working for the Master in this wicked city.
I can report victory in my soul over the
works of the enemy; also victory for the
little church at this place. They are on
the forward move for greater victories in
the future. There are about twenty- five
little ones here, and God is adding more.
Praise God!
The dear Lord gave me the privilege of
attending the Chanute assembly meeting,
which was a feast to my soul. There were
about forty ministers present, and the
Word went forth with power. God gave
victory from beginning to end. I returned
to this city, and expect to labor here this
summer. We are waiting on God to send
more workers that are established. We
expect to have a tent- meeting in June; be-ginning
the 15th, and lasting three weeks
or longer. Bros. Henry and Harrington
and others are expected. All that feel that
God will have them come will find a wel-come
at 518 College Ave. Bro. and Sister
Shackelford have opened their home for
any of God's true children, and especially
workers passing through the city have a
cordial invitation to stop. It is now open
for regular meetings, well seated, and very
comfortable.
Any one passing through the city and
wishing to stop, take Green cable- car at
Union Station, transfer at Wyandotte, take
Rosedale to Westport, walk one block east,
then north to 518. Any one wishing. to
know more concerning the tent- meeting to
be held here may address me at 518 College
Ave., Rosedale Station, Kansas City, Kan.
We solicit your earnest prayers that we
keep in God's order. Your brother in
Christ, W. A. Lambert.
Delta, Col., April 28.
Dear Ones in the Lord : It has been a
long time since I last reported through the
Trumpet the dealings of the Lord with us
on the western slope of the Rocky Moun-tains;
but truly I can say that the Lord
has been good to me and mine. Praise
him forever. When I came here ( fourteen
months ago), I was much pressed down by
Satan, and discouragements came thick and
fast. The devil tried to run me away from
here. If it had not been for the advice and
encouragement of a faithful brother, and
of the saints at Colorado Springs, no doubt
I would have left this country, and Satan
would still have held undisturbed sover-eingnty
in this valley; but by the preach-ing
of the truth his tranquil rest and su-premacy
has been broken. As the lion
asleep in the Vatican at Rome was dis-turbed
by the movements of a quill in the
hands of a monk in ' Germany, causing him
to roar, shake, and growl ; so in this valley
Satan manifested his displeasure by growl-ing
terribly in the person of some of his
ministers. The Bible says, " Surely the
wrath of man shall praise thee"; and the
raging of the devil through his agents was
the means of winning souls to the truth.
In company with Sister Clara McAlis-ter,
we began meeting last October at the
following places : No. 8 school- house, Ash
Mesa. Meeting continued two weeks. Two
souls were saved and sanctified. Olatha,
three weeks. About fifteen saved,
sanctified, and " Called out." Next in
North Delta. A five weeks' meeting, and
in Delta proper, three weeks. These re-sulted
in about twenty- five being saved,
etc. Then in Paonia, a six- weeks' meeting
resulted in twenty- three getting into the
light and truth. At the last named place
the lords of Babylon were kept very busy
going to their members and warning them
" not to go to those holiness meetings."
Nevertheless some made their escape from
the cages of deception. Now, dear work-ers,
we learned that a ten- days' or two
week' meeting is altogether too short. At
Paonia there was not a move made until
the fifth week. The last night the house
was full, and many desired the meeting to
go on another week, but we felt it in order
to close for the present.
The Lord bless and reward Bro. and
Sister Cline for caring for us, and taking
it upon themselves to hire a hall at $ 25.00
per month, not knowing whether they
would get any help in paying the rest, or
whether one soul would accept the truth.
But thank the Lord, many responded no-bly
with their means and hospitality. Dear
ones, it pays to use holy wisdom in a new
field. I am slue had we begun to " thresh
Babylon" at either one of these places, the
results would not have been what they are.
I have learned that we can lead fifty souls
to Christ, and out of sectism, where we can
not , drive one. So let us be wise as ser-pents,
, and harmless as doves.
We have been almost continually in
meeting since the 15th of October. I also
was at the Denver assembly in November,
and at Rocky Ford, later on. Sister Mc-
Alister leaves to- day, in company with
Sister Youngblood, for the Lodi, Cal.
camp- meeting, while I am at home for a
season to- work with my hands, and care
for the flocks as the Lord gives me wisdom.
Truly this field is ripe to harvest, and the
laborers are few. Many places are open,
and no one to go. Lord, send whomsoever
thou wilt. Yours in the conflict for souls,
J. G. Neff.
Fresno, Cal., April 24.
As announced in the Trumpet the as-sembly
meeting at this place commenced
April 1st, lasting until the 10th inst. It
was very enjoyable throughout the whole
season and profitable to all honest hearts
who were willing to accept the truth. The
pure Word was preached in power, result-ing
in the salvation of some, while others
were sanctified, healed, or helped accord-ing
to their needs. One brother who had
been a member of the Quaker sect seemed
led by the Lord's hand to drop into a meet-ing
one afternoon, and realizing that the
truth was preached in the meetings he con-tinued
to attend and accepted the light as
fast as it was preached to him. It was
truly a fulfilment of the scripture in which
Jesus says, " My sheep know my voice and
they follow me."
On the last Sunday afternoon of the
meetings an ordinance service was held in
which a goodly number of happy saints
took part and upon which the
Lord's glory evidently rested. In
fact all of the meetings seemed to
be pervaded by a beautiful harmony,
and the saints really sat together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus. On Mon-day
morning following the last day of the
assembly meeting, seven souls obeyed their
Lord in following him in the holy ordi-nance
of baptism.
All expenses were easily met by free-will
offerings, making a business meeting,
or rather a financial meeting, unnecessary.
Visiting ministers present were Elders
J. W. and Jennie Byers and J. D. Hatch.
Besides these were present the local elder-ship
and a number of saints from distant
places. The attendance was generally
quite fair, and at times the large new tab-ernacle
( which with upwards of one hun-dred
and eighty chairs has been lately do-nated
to the church here by Bro. Wild-.
blood), was well filled. Since the assem-bly
meeting the regular meetings continue
in the tabernacle. Some are expecting to
go from here to attend the annual state
camp- meeting at Lodi.
Desiring the prayers of all God's . saints,
I am yours in the faith, J. L. Chaffin.
Clinton, Iowa, April 28.
Dear Trumpet Readers: Once more we
report victory in Jesus' name. Are Still
saved, sanctified, and kept by the power of
God, and able to continue in the Master's
service. The last year has been a busy one
on the Iowa field, with many conflicts and
victories, and some discouragements. Somd
things have tried our hearts and faith, but
God has made us more than conquerors
through him that loved us. We have seen
the work of God move on in the face of
opposition until assemblies have been es-tablished
at Clinton and Hedrick, Iowa,
Albert Lea, Minn., a few saints raised up
at Cedar Rapids and Estherville, Iowa, and
many souls saved, sanctified, and healed
by the mighty power of God. Have held
meetings at Clinton, Muscatine Hedrick,
Cedar Rapids, Edgewood, Sewal, Jerome,
Iowa, and Albert Lea, Minn., at different
times with refreshing showers of God's
love and glory upon us, and with , various
degrees of success. We have had Satan to
fight with all his deceptive influences both
. in our own ease and other precious souls
he has tried to deceive. Have seen some
led away under his deceptions and some
delivered from his fearful bondage. But
with all this we shout victory with the true
saints of God, and expect to fight on till
our Captain shall release us. More and
more we see the need of deep humility, and
a complete consecration to the service and
love of God, who has washed us in his pre-cious
blood. May God keep us all where
he can use us for his glory. Amen.
Workers that have been with us during
the year at times are Sister Ada Ford,
Bros. Willis M. and Charley Brown, and
Sister Kate Crawford; whom the Lord
has used in the salvation of souls. Brethren
of the church of the living God, and sisters
too, when I see the advancement that is
being made my heart is encouraged to go
on; but the standard must be held up to
the Bible line. There is a strong tend-ency
to drift into carelessness and indiffer-ence,
and to the use of human wisdom and
invention, which swept the church of the
morning into a fearful apostasy, and will
accomplish the destruction of many pre-cious
souls and of whole assemblies unless
we all stand against it and keep humble
and let Him be our wisdom, sanctification,
and redemption. May God let his light
shine upon us, fill us with his power and
his love, and use us for his glory. Amen.
F. A. Newville.
" Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love
covereth all sins. " Prov. 10 : 12.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
Emma, Ind.
In our last report in the Trumpet, we
stated that we expected to go to the
Moundsville camp- meeting, and would stop
off and hold meetings on the way. We have
rt ceived a number of calls by letter re-questing
us to come. Now, I wish to sas
to all that are looking for us to come, that
it seemed good unto the Lord for us to
move from Grand Junction, Mich., to this
place, Emma, which is five miles north of
Topeka; Ind. The change will necessitate
our being at home for a few weeks and we
can not fill any calls along the way, and
possibly we shall not get to Moundsville.
this year. Your blood- washed brother and
sister, John and Ella Merica.
1605 Hicks St., Toledo, 0., April 22.
We greet you once more in Jesus' name.
We can truly say that Jesus saves us by his
precious blood to- day and fills our hearts
with his love and praise. Amen. We are
in Toledo holding up Jesus to the people as
a Savior from all sin. We have decided to
have a meeting here;. to commence on the
12th of May, and to continue over two
Sundays, Lord willing. We desire every
saint to pray for the success of the work
in Toledo. It is very important. The pop-ulation
of this city is about one hundred
and fifty thousand, and only a few souls
are out in the clear light.
T. J. Cox and Wife.
Costello, Kan.
I am saved and sanctified, for which I
give the dear Lord all the praise. He keeps
me from all the evils that come up in this
life, and keeps me from all the powers of
the enemy, who is going around to seek
whom he may devour. I have taken Him
for my physician for both myself and chil-dren.
He has wonderfully blessed me.
Praise his dear name forever! I was saved
and baptized about two years ago. This
is the first time I have written to the Trum-pet.
Your sister in the one body,
Mrs. Sallie Hastings.
OPPY, Ky-
I feel like writing a few lines to the
Gospel Trumpet. I have for a long time
been in the so- called Baptist church, not
discerning the one body, or church of God.
until I became a reader of the Trumpet,
which has brought me to the light of the
gospel. There are no saints in our part of
the land, and I would like to have some
Holy Ghost minister come here and preach.
Our country is filled with sin and sect con-fusion.
I would love to be at the Mounds-ville
meeting if I were able to come, but
at present I am not able. I have a large
family to support by manual labor. Pray
for me and my family that we may be
faithful. Your brother in Christ,
G. W. Hensley.
TESTIMONIES.
pecially invited to come and enjoy the
meeting and help. If any one can not
come and desires to help this work' in
sending in their mite to keep it moving,
the Lord will bless them. C. J. Cox.
Nampa, Idaho.
I am still praising the Lord for a full
and free salvation. Truly it is unspeakable
and full of glory. My heart is made to re-joice
when I read the many good letters
in the Trumpet from my dear brethren
and sisters. I praise the Lord for that true
love that binds our hearts together in
Christian love. I feel that I could not do
without the dear Trumpet, as I am in this
isolated place where there is so much pride,
and formality that one can hardly ever get
any spiritual food. I ask an interest in all
your prayers for the Lord to send more
laborers into this part of the vineyard, for,
truly the harvest is great and the laborers
are few. There are many precious souls
starving for the bread of life. Please pray
for me that I may be faithful and useful in
his service. Your sister looking for His re-turn,
Olive Clark.
Sewee, Tenn.
I have felt for some time that the Lord
would have me write my testimony. I do
praise the Lord for what he has done for
me. He saved my soul one year ago, and
I have lived up to all the light I had on
his precious Word. My greatest desire is
to live for the Lord, and prove true to him
at any cost. I get the Trumpet each week.
It is so much food to my hungry soul. I-love
to read the letters and the testimonies
from the dear ones. I take the Lord for
my physician. " Bless the Lord, 0 my soul,
and forget not all his benefits : who for-giveth
all thine iniquities; who healeth all
thy diseases." Psa. 103 : 2, 3. Dear ones,
pray for me that I may be sanctified, and
that my husband may be saved. Yours
contending for the faith once delivered
to the saints, Alice Collins.
Boxer, Ky.
This morning finds me praising God for
salvation and victory over all the powers
of the enemy. For the last thirty- five days
and nights we have been going through
some great trials of affliction. The dear
Lord called one of our dear children to
himself the 26th of this month, and wonder-fully
manifested his power in healing one
dear boy fourteen years old. He was
thought to be dying for four days and
nights. We sent for the elders of the
church to come and anoint him. The broth-er
did not get here the day we sent for
him but came the following day. When he
got here the boy was very sick, but said
he believed when lie was anointed the Lord
would heal him, and claimed the promise
and began to amend from the same hour.
He can get up alone now. Three or four
days after he was anointed I was out of the
room, and as I stepped to the door he was
clapping his hands and shouted, saying he
had been praying to God to help him, and
increase his faith, and the dear Lord had
done it. We can say we are more decided
than ever to be true to God, and do our
duty. We desire the prayers of the saints
everywhere for God to keep us true to him.
We are surrounded by unbelief on every
hand. Your brother in the one body,
H. F. Dunagan.
Pringey, Okla.
I feel it would be to the glory of God
for me to write my testimony. This morn-ing
finds me saved and sanctified, and ready
to do my Savior's will, for he has been a
wonderful Savior to me. He keeps me in
health, and hag' healed me many times. Ha v (-
trusted him over five years now for both
soul and body. I can say he has never for-saken
me. He supplies all our needs. I
am trusting him for all things. He has
healed my little ones many times. I give
him all the praise and glory.
We are living here in Oklahoma on a
homestead. We have no place to assemble
with the saints. If there are any of God's
children in the vicinity of Haskaw, Ellen-dale,
or Pringey, pleace write, or call on
us. We live one Mile West of Red Horse
Grossing, and four miles north of Pringey.
Yours for the truth and in the one body,
Louisa Kincheloe.
Bradley, Ill.
This morning finds me saved, and sanc-tified,
and healed by the mighty power of
God. The good Lord in his mercy has
spared my life and enabled me to see myself
ae he saw me. On coming out in this light,
for lack of teaching, I contracted more zeal
than the love of God, and went forth to
labor for souls before I was fully quali-fied;
hence, I could never get settled in my
own experience. In the fall of 1892 in
Chicago I decided to quit the field and re-main
at home. After some severe trials the
dear Lord began to show me what it meant
to yield all to Jesus, and bring into sub-jection
every thought to the obedience of
uhrist. I saw my condition, met the con-ditions,
and am fully saved. Bless the
Lord! Now I ask the dear saints to pray
for me that God may lead in all things.
God has also healed my body of the itch
after a severe test without the aid of medi-cine.
I am all on the altar ready for sac-rifice
or service. Your brother in Christ,
Harry Tyler.
Berlin, Ont., Can.
I praise the Lord this evening for what
he has done for me in the past, and what
he is doing for me at the present. I praisa
him for a full and free salvation, and that
I am enjoying it. I also thank him fe
having saved me from the wearing of
corsets. I thought the matter over for a
few years, and often was reminded of it.
At last I told the Lord to make it plain
unto me, and_ show me what was his will
in regard to it. At the Jordan camp- meet-ing
in the fall of 1902, a certain brother
preached, and just mentioned them, and
said how much harm was done by the wear-ing
of the same. So I took it to myself, and
said that is all for me. The following day
I came out and confessed it, and was saved
from it. Thank God for deliverance I Now
dear sister, wherever and whoever you are,
obey the Lord in every small matter, and
God's blessings will rest upon you. Your
sister saved, sanctified, and kept by his
mighty power, Sarah Bergey.
New Orleans, La.
I feel it to be to the glory of God for
me to write my testimony and tell that I
am still sweetly saved and reigning in this
life through one Christ Jesus, and also that
God is wonderfully blessing us according
to our faith. It was the privilege of some
of the church at this place to visit the
church at White Castle, La. Since we last
met with them the dear Lord added eight
or more to their number. The church truly
is on an advance for God, and our gather-ing
with them was owned and blessed of
God. We are thinking of having a meeting
at Plagueraine, La., in which we believe the
churches above mentioned will gather, and
also some of surrounding places.
I will also tell of God's goodness to heal
our baby of spasms. It had taken sick
when I returned from the White Castle
meeting and was having one spasm after
another until we sent for a brother near
by ( this was three o'clock in the morning).
He anointed the child according to the
Word, prayed the prayer of faith,
and the baby had only one light spasm
after that. So wife told me to send the
money it might have cost us for doctor and
medicine to pay on the indebtedness of the
Trumpet Office. Pray that I and my house
may serve the Lord at all times. Yours
saved and sanctified, all for Jesus,
A. C. Knieper.
Rest, Miss.
I am a Trumpet reader, and do not see
how I could do without it. It is food for
my soul. As I read the testimonies of
od's dear children, it encourages nre to
live for him. I seldom get to hear any
preaching, but the dear Trumpet brings
many good sermous to us at home. Th
dear Lord blesses us in many ways. lb.'
keeps me saved and happy, and trusting
him for all things. He has healed me and
my little ones many times, for which I give
him all the praise. I mu afflicted with sore-ness
in my lungs and chest, and ask all of
God's true children to pray earnestly that
I may be healed. Your sister in the one
body, A. IL Fox.
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER.
Healing of body. J. H. Miller.
Please pray earnestly for me as I am
afflicted, and out of reach of all the saints,
and in a very wicked place. Pray for my
husband that he may get saved. Lucinda
Underwood, Eminence, Mo.
I have a double rupture of sixteen years'
standing. I ask the prayers of the church
that I may get the victory and God be glo-rified.
Sarah A. Ferris, Fern, Pa.
CALLS FOR MEETING.
Address It. Underhill, Edge, Vanburen
Co., Ark.
Nancy J. McCullough, Union, Hardin
Co., Ia.
Can not some company of workers trav-eling
through here come this way and hold
a series of meetings? Address Win. H.
Bingham, Lurgan, Franklin Co., Pa.
Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind.
The little church at Muncie wants a man
and his wife, who can stay all summer and
hold meetings in or near Muncie, to take
charge of a tabernacle. Want some one
sent of God and filled with the Holy Spirit
and love of God. Yours in Christ,
N. W. Tomlinson.
Shelton, Buffalo Co., Neb.
I want to state that I believe it would
be to the glory of God to have a camp- meet-ing
at this place the latter part of this
summer, any time after about the middle
of July. Some express their desire for
meeting. Your sister, R. A. Jacobs.
MEETING NOTICES.
There will be a meeting in Toledo, 0.,
at 1605 Hicks St.; to commence on May
12th and continue over two Sundays. Sis-ter
Walter, of St. Louis, Mich., and Bro.
Miller, of Jerry City, 0., are expected, and
any whom the Lord may send to help in the
meetings. All saints living near, are es-
Kellyton, Tent. May 13- 22. Bros.
W. A. Hand and W. R. Butler will be
present. For further information write
J. A. iGinargafibelled, , K: 1101. ytornen, At l
meeting.
eting. May
18.
Help needed. Address W. J. Henry.
Sheldon, Mo. Tent meeting. Begin-ning
June 1st. For further particulars
address John J. Rapp, of Sheldon, Vernon
Co., Mo. 0. B. Reynolds, L. T. Robold.
Colfax, Wis. Camp- meeting. Alay 28
to June 6. On the farm of Helgesen. Thos.
Nelson, S. 0. Susag, and others expected.
C. DTauibsbys.
The camp- meeting will be held this
year from June 3 to 13. Let all the saints
within reach come. For further iuforma-tion
write Bro. Uriah Eslick or A. I.
Stringhan, Daisy, Wash.
llawiek, Minn. Camp- meeting. June
10- 20. Bros. C. H. ' Tubbs, Thos. Nelson, and
others will be present to preach the pure
Word of God. We believe this will be the
most glorious meeting ever held at this
place. All saints and lovers of the truth
in reach of this place should make a spe-cial
effort to be present. Ilawiek is on the
G. N. R. R., between Willmar and St.
Cloud. Allecoming over the Soo It It. stop
off at Paynesville. Write to Bro. II. Han-sen,
Ilawiek, Minn., in time, and you will
be met at the station. S. 0. Susag.
Kansas City, Kan. Tent meeting. Be-yrinning
June 15, to last three weeks or
Inn- e. Then . will le., nmeh need of ', ease.
erated workers during the meetings ill the
cit y, and so on till Jesus comes. Bros.
Henry, Harrington, and other ministers
are expeeted. Fur further information
write me at 51$ College Rosedale,
Kan. W. A. Lambert.
Camp- meeting. Freeport, I,. I. June lti-
26. On Long Island railnlatt a fey
front Ne\% York city. A good opportunity
for the saints in New York, New Jersey.
and New England States, Come by rail or
boat to New York. Bro. Chas. E. Orr is
expected. Write before eoming, to Peter
Johnson, Box 68, Freeport, L. I. Thase
desiring to lit' met in New York city write
to C. J. Illowitt, 334 N. Ifith St., New York,
N. Y.
Lanett, Ala. Tent mooting. Beginning
J11110 17. and lasts as long as the hord
leads. M inieterial help needed. Address
W. It. Butler, La Fayette, Ala., It. F. D.
No.
Creston, Wash. nip- meeting. june
IT- 27. Let all ', tone who eau. Those com-ing
rail Neill be met at the depot
taken to tilt etlnrp- ground, if notice is giv-ll
ill time. her information write
I ; rat id inlet iott, t\\':: 14supll .- tneeting.
6, V. C. Maidens,
. rune 16- 26, tivt all who can attend. Bring
bedding and tents. We will make provi-sions
to care for all we can as in former
years. Eatables, hay. and grain can he
pusehased on the grounds. Two trains from
north and south will stop at the camp
ground, as they always have in the past.
Let as many as can come and make this
the hest meeting ever held on the grounds.
Also, the agreement of last year to help
pay off the debt on the Home should be
remembered. As many pledged to this,
let all be prompt and send their donations.
If further information is desired corre-spond
with us. Yours in ' His service,
Guy E. Foote.
The Canada annual camp- meeting will
be held again this year at Peepabun, Ont.
( R. R. Grand Valley, Ont.) ; June 23 to
July 3. Let all the saints in Canada as
far as possible make arrangements to at-tend
this meeting. Arrangements have
been made with the railroads for reduced
rates. Further information and Untrue-tioansisI
wdil, l boe
Out.
D later. H. W. Nelson,
The general camp- meetin g of the church
of God in " SATashington will be held on the
ints ' Home camp- ground, ten miles south
of Colfax and ten miles west of Pullman,
w ash., July 1- 10. Let all the saints of
Washington, Idaho. Oregon, and all who
can, come and enjoy a feast from the pre s
- ence of the Lord. Let al who can come
prepared to care for themselves, and those
who can not care for themselves will be
cared for. Those who can, bring plenty
of bedding and a straw tick. Those com-ing
over the N. P. railroad to Pullman,
notify Bro. A. B. Peterman, R. D. No. 3.
notifyy H. Ackerman ; and those
Bo vre r tRi atofoCrolpfeaes:
e :—
There will be free transporRta.
sengers and baggage on Wednesday and
Thursday, June 29th and 30th. Let all
who possibly can come on these days. For
man, Colfax, Wash.
further information address A. B. Peter-
Serena, La. Tent meeting. June 30 to
July 7. Address J. M. Crouch, Serena;
La.
THOMPSON.- William Morris Thomp-son
died at Springfield, Mo., April 1, 1904; I
aged 66 years. Bro. Thompson came from
Hill City, Kan., to Springfield, Mo., about
three weeks before his death, and bought
property here, intending to locate with
the church at this place. - His death was
very sudden, although he had been ailing
for some time. He accepted the truth a
few years ago, and at the time of his death
seemed to have a bright experience of sal-vation.
As I have been appointed admin-istrator
of his estate, I will be very thank-ful
for any information regarding any of
his heirs. W. J. Henry.
MYERS.- Harriet E. Myers was born
July 6, 1876, in Worth Co., Mo.; died at her
home in Sheridan Co., Kan., April 25,
1904. She moved with her parents to Kan-sas
in 1884. She was married to Frank H.
Phillips, of Sheridan Co., in 1901.
She died from relapse of measles, or rath-er
from an overdose of morphine or opium,
which was given her to quiet her nerves.
On Saturday before her death she made
her peace with God and prayed and helped
her sister Florence sing the beautiful
hymn, " Ashamed of Jesus." She said
she was going to heaven, and plead with
her husband and sister to meet her there.
She leaves a husband, one child, nineteen
months old, father, mother, four sisters,
two brothers, and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn their loss. Her sister,
Birdie Myers.
SVIILLE
ETING
May 28 June 6.
Emlenton, Pa. General camp- meeting.
Aug. 18- 28. H. M. Riggle, Cambridge
Springs, Pa.
The Claypool, Ind. camp- meeting will
be held this year Aug. 18 to 28. We are
looking for a large attendance and great
things from the presence of the Lord. Let
us all pray for an increase of power in all
the camp- meetings this summer. There will
be rates on the railroads as usual in the
Central Association. S. L. Speck, Fores-man,
Ind.
Clanton, Ala. Camp- meeting. Aug.
19- 29. Address Sister Georgia Oden, Clan-ton,
Ala.
OBITUARIES.
ADVICE.
If in doubt as to your railroad being in the Central Association, consult
your agent, and if he is not supplied with certificates, have him get them.
If through ticket can not be obtained, ask for certificate each time ticket
is purchased, and be sure your last ticket is purchased to Moundsville.
If you should purchase to Wheeling and then not repurchase ( taking cer-tificate)
to Moundsville, you will fail in getting return rates. " Should
agent fail to have certificates on , hand, ask him for a receipt. This will
enable you to get the reduction refunded to you after you pay full fare
home.
Look at your certificate before taking train and see that it is dated
right, as agents sometimes make mistakes in dating or. perhaps do not
date them at all. This is important.
NOTICE.
This meeting will be listed on circulars issued to ticket agents as
General Eastern Holiness Assembly Church of God. Use this name
when calling for certificate. We expect to call this an assembly- meeting
in the future, as the term camp- meeting is wrongly applied.
GOSPEL TRUMPET COMPANY, Moundsville, W. Va.
May 12, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
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A cordial invitation is given to all lovers of the truth
to this general assembly of the children of God, on the
grounds adjoining the Trumpet Home in the north part
of the city. Moundsville is on the Ohio River, in Mar-shall
County, W. Va., twelve miles south of Wheeling.
It is on the main line and also on the Ohio River division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Arrangements will
be made for all who come to be met at the train and
otherwise cared for. Lodging and board will be pro-vided
in the Trumpet Home and auditorium. Bring a
supply of bedding if possible, such as pillow, straw- tick
and covering. A large attendance is expected.
REDUCED RATES
have been secured for the territory of the Central Pas-senger
Association. The privilege of one- third fare for
the return trip is extended to those coming over the
railroads of this territory, dependent upon the following
CONDITIONS.
Full fare ( not less than seventy- five cents) must be paid to the meet-ing,
and a certificate obtained from agent selling the ticket. There must
be one hundred of these certificates, and they must be issued by the
Central Passenger Association ( don't get the wrong kind). Certificates
must be dated. not earlier than May 25 nor later than May .30, and they
must be validated by special agent ( who will be present at meeting
Thursday, June 2), before they can be used for the return journey.
Certificates are good three days after close of meeting.
TERRITORY.
CIAMP- MEETING.
The Grand Forks camp- meeting. June
2- 1th to July 4. This is the general camp-meeting
of North Dakota and western Min-nesota.
Meetings held in the English, Ger-inan,
and Scandinavian languages. Thos.
Nelson and others expected. Address, C.
li. Tabs, . Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Macon, Ga., assembly meeting. July 4-
13. Address T. H. Holmes 526 3d Ave.,
Maeon, Ga. A gospel tent for this meeting
is our great need. Any workers who could
give information along this line please
address me as above. T. H. Holmes.
Penton, Ala. Tent. July 7- 17. Penton
is ten miles west of La Fayette. Bro. J. F.
Lundy is expected to be with us. Address
ro. W. A. Slay, La Fayette, Ala., R. F. D.
No. 2.
A va, Dimel as Co.. Mo. Arbor- meeting.
.1 illy 7- 17. Bros. Mason and Henry are
ex P eel ed. address M. Gardner.
N: 111( 1; 111, La. Tent meeting. July 9-
1 s. Address S. C. Jackson, Randall, La.
Snap, Tex. Camp- meeting. Jnly 21- 31.
1 ddress 11. J. Johns, Snap. Tex.
Meridian. Miss. Camp- meeting. July
18- 31. Address Willis Jones, or, Sebe
Fenley, 1020 13th St., 11th Ave.
Savannah, G a. Assembly meeting. July
2l to 31. All are invited. H. D. Sanford,
R D. No. 2. Savannah, Ca.
Soul hwest Missouri Camp- meeting.
sprinetield. Mo. Jnly 21- 31. Address
W. Henry.
The annual camp- meeting at Shoup's
Ford, N. C., will be held July 23 to Aug. 1.
All who come from the East or South will
have free conveyance from Cherryville,
N. C., on the 22d if they will notify J. J.
Shoup, Shoup's Ford, at least ten days
before the meeting. All coming from the
North will be met ' at Morgantown by giv-ing
notice as above. The meeting at J. J.
11 irks. near Mullgrove, N. C., will be held
Aug. 2- 8. J. J. Hicks, Mullgrove, N. C.
liurkeville, Tex. Camp- meeting. Aug.
4- 14. Address J. R. Cousins, Burkeville,
Tex.
The meeting at Gibbs, N. C., will be held
Aug. 12- 21. P. P. Mull, Gibbs, N. C.
Zion camp- meeting, five miles east of
Hartsell, Morgan Co., Ala. Aug. 12- 22.
Bros. Hand and Lundy expect to attend. A
hearty welcome to all. Any information
wanted, address J. M. or J. A. Sharp, Som-erville,
Ala.
Dalton, Ga. Camp- meeting Aug. 12 to
28. The meeting will be on my place,
three miles south of town. Particulars will
be given later. Any one desiring informa-tion
can address me. W. M. Wilson, Dal-ton,
Whitfield Co., Ga., Box 184.
Sherwood, La. Camp- meeting. Aug. 18-
28. Address J. E, Forrest or R. H. Owens,
Sherwood, L&
BOWSER.- Sister Mary E. Bowser, wife
of Bro. Jerry Bowser, of Oak Ridge. Pa.,
was born April 20, 1864: died, April 23,
1904. Three months before she died she
gave her heart to God and was sweetly
saved. She shouted and praised the Lord
a short time before she died, and said she
was ready to go. She leaves husband, six I
children, mother, five sisters, four broth- I
ers, and many friends to mourn their loss.
Funeral services held in the M. E. meet-ing-
house, conducted by the writer.
John L. Williams.
The territory of the Central Association is bounded on the east by
I Pittsburg, Salamanca, Buffalo, and Toronto; on the north by the line of,
and including points on, the Grand Trunk Railway, from Toronto to Port
Huron, thence via Lakes Huron and Michigan to Chicago; on the west by
Peoria, Keokuk, Quincy, Hannibal, St. Louis, and Cairo; and on the south
by the Ohio River, but including points on both sides of that river.
On the border of this territory is where trouble sometimes occurs by
getting the wrong kind of certificates or coming over a railroad that is not
in this territory. Be careful about this.
If you live outside of this territory, purchase ticket to nearest point in
the territory, and then purchase to Moundsville, etc. You might be able
to obtain local reduced rates over that part of your route which is not in
above territory, if ten or more tickets are purchased. Consult your agent
in time and see what can be done.
8
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May 12, 1904.
that are pleasing in his sight." 1 John 3:
21, 22. To do this we have to live above all
sin, live in perfect obedience to God.
Have we any promises of healing, if we
are where we can not get the elders?
" Again I say unto you, That if two of you
shall agree on earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in heaven."
Mat. 18: 19. Of course we can agree to
ask for healing when we get sick as well
as for anything else, and as to its being his
will, he never would have told us to pray
the prayer of faith for the sick with the
promise that he would raise them up ( Jas.
5: 14, 15), if it was not his will to do so
In case there are none to agree with us
that really believe in healing, have we any
promise of our own prayer healing us, or
causing the same ? " If ye abide in me, and
my words abide in you, ye shall ask what
will, and it shall be done unto you."
John 15: 7. " If ye shall ask anythin g in
my name, I will do it." John 14: 14. This
certainly includes healing. We can not
get healed if we merely try divine healing.
that is, get the elders to anoint us and lay
on hands just to see if it will do us any
good_ It is God that does the healing. We
pray the prayer of faith and God always
honors faith, but God does not honor spec-ulation
where he requires faith. " But let
him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For
he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed. For let
not that man think that he shall receive
anything of the Lord." Jas. 1: 6, 7.
" Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them."
Mark 11: 24. Surely we are left without
excuse. " Without faith it is impossible to
please God." Heb. 11: 6. Christ's corn-andment
to the sick is: " Call for the
elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith
shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up." Jas. 5: 14, 15. If we obey this
God is responsible for our healing. " Bless-ed
are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through the gates
into the city." Rev. 22: 14.
the prayers of God's dear children I was
instantly healed. Praise his holy and
blessed name! I can not thank him enough
for his wonderful healing power mani-fested
to my family and me. My prayer
to God is, that I may be kept humble,
willing to do his blessed commands and
obey him in all things. Your brother in
the one body, Wm. H. Botsford.
THE last Scripture text we quoted ( Jas. Ithaca, Mich.
5 : 14, 15) is proof that the elders in the
" church of God" have the gifts of heal-ing.
Why did James single out the elders
and tell us to call for them when we get
sick, if they especially do not possess the
gifts of healing? While the elders are not
the only people in the church that have
the gifts of healing, yet it is certainly evi-dent
from the scripture above quoted that
every one whom Jesus has called and sent
out to preach the gospel has this gift be-stowed
upon them. When Jesus sent out
the twelve he gave them power to heal, and
also the seventy were commanded to heal:
Paul also healed the sick. We see that
Philip went to Samaria and preached the
gospel and healed the sick; in fact, it went
with the gospel in the beginning. and Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, and to- day,
and forever. The Word never passed away
and never will. Mark said that the dis-ciples
went forth preaching the Word
everywhere, the Lord working with them.
confirming the Word with signs following.
The Lord promised to be with those that
he sent forth to preach his Word " alwv,
even unto the end of the world." Mat.
28: 20.
Well he was with those that first
preached the gospel, and confirmed the
Word with the signs following; and as
they did not live until the end of the world,
he has surely promised to be with us to the
end of the world. And now in this time
of confusion and error it seems that if
there ever was a time that Jesus needed
to confirm his Word and thus prove to the
world who are the people he has sent out.
and who are preaching the pure truth,
now is the time. There never was a more
dangerous time on account of possibilities
of being deceived with false doctrine than
now. The world is flooded with false doc-trines
now, and if it were possible the very
elect would be deceived. Jesus confirmed
the Word in the beginning with signs fol-lowing;
that is, he granted power by
stretching forth his hand to heal ( Read
Acts 4: 29, 30), and he is the same to- day.
Heb. 13: 8. He commanded them to heal the
sick, and his Word has not changed. So if
we are sent by him to preach, that is, if
We get our commission from his Word, we
are commanded to heal the sick. And he
who receives his commission otherwise is
an impostor. May God help us to see that
we come behind in no gift. Amen.
We- notice in Eph. 4: 8, that " when he
ascended up on high, he led captivity cap-tive,
and gave gifts unto men." " For to
one is given by the Spirit the word of wis-dom;
to another the word of knowledge by
the same Spirit; to another faith by the
same Spirit; to another the gifts of heal-ing
by the same Spirit." 1 Cor. 12: 8, 9.
We see that the gifts of healing were
given to some in the church at first, and not
only so, but in organizing the church he
set in the gifts of healing. " And God hath
set some in the church, first apostles, sec-ondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after
that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues." 1
Cor. 12: 28. Now the church that has not
apostles, prophets, teachers, gifts of heal-ing,
and everything that the church spoken
of here had in it, can not be the one that
Jesus built. The church that has not all
these gifts is incomplete; in fact, it can not
justly be called " church" but " sect" is
the proper name for it. The church that
Jesus built had the gifts of healing in it,
and he did not put anything in it that was
not necessary, and to take anything away
would make it incomplete. We see now
beyond a doubt that the faith that was
once delivered to the saints included heal-ing,
and Jude said that it was needful that
he should exhort us to earnestly contend
for the faith that was once delivered to
the saints. Praise God! That is what the
saints in the evening light are doing.
When we contend for healing, we con-tend
for what Jesus delivered to the church
in the beginning. " But" says one, " heal-ing
the sick was a great work that Christ
and the apostles did, but the Lord does not
give us that power." See what Jesus says:
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that be-lieveth
on me, the works that I do shall he
do also ; and greater works than these shall
he do; because I go unto my Father." John
14: 12. Can any one say that this means
the apostles? Some do say it, but Jesus
says it is " he that believeth on me." We
believe on him, does it mean us? Jesus
says it does. Who dare change it? Jesus
says,. " These signs shall follow them that
believe; . . they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16: 17,
18. Mind you, " they that believe." Who
will take this from the Word of God ?
And if we let it remain, and profess sal-vation
without these signs following us, it
evidently proves us not to be the genuine
disciples of Christ. Thank God for the
blessed truth, and light shining
way to enable us to see the same.
What are we as followers of Christ to
do when we get sick? " Is any sick among
you Y let him. call for the elders of the
church ; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord : and the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall
be forgiven him." Jas. 5 : 14, 15.
The signs that Jesus spoke of will follow
if we obey this scripture. Says one, " Our
elders do not believe in healing the sick,
and what shall we do under such circum-stances?"
Why, surely you are in the
wrong church. James was speaking of the
elders of the church of God. They prac-tise
all the Word of God. and if you want
to enjoy the blessings of God, get in his
church, and among his people, and you
will have access to all the precious benefits
that the children of God enjoy. And if
your body is afflicted, Jesus will surely
heal it, if you will only believe his Word.
and obey the same.
I feel that enough has been said to prove
divine healing to be a Bible doctrine.
Next we will notice some of the conditions
of healing. We will first notice that it is
required of those that wish to be healed
to have faith. " And when he was come
into the house, the blind men came to him :
and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that
I am able to do this? They said unto him.
Yea, Lord. Then touched he - their eyes,
saying, According to your faith be it unto
you. And their eyes were opened." Mat.
9: 28- 30. The woman that " touched the
hem of his garment" was made whole.
Jesus said unto her, " Thy faith hath made
thee whole." Luke 8: 48. This woman had
spent all her living on physicians and had
suffered many things of many of them and
had continually grown worse; but when
she heard of the works of Jesus, she be-lieved
in her heart that if she could but
touch the hem of his garment, she would
be healed, and so it was. Jesus is the same
to- day. If we touch in faith, we will be
made whole. Sometimes people are in such
a condition that they can not exercise faith.
They may be too sick to exercise faith, they
may be unconscious. In such cases others
pray the prayer of faith, and the Lord
honors the same. The man that brought
his son to Jesus, said to him, " If thou
canst do anything - for us, have compassion
on us." Jesus said unto him, " If thou
cant believe, all things are possible to him
that believeth." Mark 9: 23. The man
cried out, " Lord, I believe" and Jesus
healed his son. Jesus will not turn away
the prayer of faith. This man exercised
faith for his son's healing, because his son
could not on account of his affiic-tion.
Many other cases could be presented,
but this is enough.
There are some that say they know the
Bible teaches it. But when they get sick
they never practise it. James says, Faith
without works is dead. Being alone, some
say, " My faith is not strong enough."
The way to get it stronger is to put it in-to
exercise. Our faith never will be strong
if we do not exercise it. If we believe
God's Word and obey the same when we
get sick, we will . get healed, and our faith
will be made stronger also. In order to
exercise faith and have perfect confidence
in God, believing that he will do just- what
we ask him, we have to live so as to have no
condemnation upon our souls. " Beloved,
if our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God. And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of him, because we keep
his commandments, and do those things
" Simply trusting in the Savior,
Healing virtue now receive;
You must never doubt or waver;
His unfailing Word believe.
" Come, ye helpless, sick, and suff'ring,
At his feet in meekness kneel;
Soul and body to him () Wring,
He will all your sickness heal.
" He is just the same forever,
Cast away your doubts and fears;
From affliction he'll deliver,
Though you've suffered many years."
HEALED BY PRAYER.
When I awoke on the morning of the
ninth of April I had a severe headache. It
kept on aching for six days, then gathered
and broke on the inside. Two days later
it commenced to ache again; also my right
ear and five teeth, and my face was badly
swollen. I could hardly open my mouth
to get any food between my lips. My suf-fering
was terrible. In the afternoon of
the third day I felt as if I could
not endure it much longer. I told
husband to go for his mother and
brother, there being no other saints
near here. They came and prayed for me.
That was about four o'clock, and by six the
pain was all gone. Praise his dear name!
We have been out in this evening light
eighteen months. We have four little ones,
and during that time we have not given
them a drop of medicine, or taken any our-selves.
I ask the prayers of all God.' s peo-ple
that I may ever keep low down at the
Savior's feet. Your sister in Christ,
Carrie Hooker.
Panther, Ore.
HIS WONDERFUL HEALING POWER.
I wish to add my testimony to the Gos-pel
Trumpet for the first time. I am saved
by the blood of Christ, and trusting in God
for the healing of my body as well as for
my soul. About two weeks ago I had a
severe attack of la grippe and lung trouble,
bringing me down to the very jaws of
death. My hands and feet were cold, my
breath grew short; those that were around
me thought that- I was dying. But through
OUR HELPER IN EVERY AFFLICTION.
We feel like praising God through the
Trumpet for his goodness to us. The Lord
has healed our babies several times this
winter. They have each had pneumonia,
and the • ieasles twice, and we can say that
we found the Lord a present help in every
time of need. Praise his dear name ! After
our babies had the measles the first time,
Willie was left with a severe cough, which
grew worse. We kept praying and trusting
in the Lord for his healing. We felt led
to write for the agreement of prayer, and
the Lord healed him. Oh, what a precious
thought and source of comfort, to know
while we are passing through a trial of
faith there are others of ( h dear chil-dren
agreed with us! That was so enem•-
aging to me while little Willard was so
bad with pneumonia, and teething at the
same time. We called the doctor to lance
his gums, and he said his fever was 104
degrees, and advised us to give him medi-cine.
But we trusted in One that was
strong and abundantly able to do what he
has promised.
This week, while the babies are having
the measles again, I was taken with sore
eyes, which gave rile mud' pain, but to- day
I can say to the glory of God that my eyes
are Ivell ; also the babies are on the floor
playing. Praise God for his goodness to
us, and that he has spared our little dar-lings
to us. We have twins. They are
seventeen months old. Be encouraged,
dear ones, and do not la.‘ afraid to trust
your children with the ' lord, for he ha. s
promised to never leave nor forsake those
who trust in his Word. We ask an inter-est
in the prayers of the dear thwpol Trum-pet
readers to remember us and the work
here at Bedford, that the Lord may add
daily unto the church such as shall be
saved. We are praying, trusting, and ex-pecting-
another good meeting here this
summer. Your brother and sister in Christ.,
Edgar and Clara Fleenor.
Bedford, Ind.
A GREAT PHYSICIAN.
I am praising the dear Lord this even-ing
for salvation, and sweeping victory in
my soul over all the powers of Satan. I
do not know how to thank him enough; he
has done so much for me. He has healed
me several times of light afflictions, but
this time I was very low, but he raised me
up. He healed our little baby,
two days old, which was very sick.
Some tried to persuade us to give
it castor- oil, or paregoric, but it was
fully given up to God, who, we knew,
would treat us right. She has never swal-lowed
a drop of medicine and is now near-ly
two months old. During that time I
was very sick. Not being tended to right,
I suppose inflammation set in. Some said I
would die if I did not have a doctor. I
heard of one saying I ought to' die because
I would not have a doctor. But, praise
the Lord, I had all the doctor I wanted.
I had that Great Physician who healeth
all our diseases. We had two elders who
prayed and anointed me in the name of
the Lord. The next day after being
prayed for perfect victory came. While
father was praying for dinner service God
healed me. Oh, what peace and joy
flooded my soul ! It seemed as if the very
windows of heaven were opened, and sweet
blessings were pouring into my soul. Truly,
the Lord is a present help in time of need.
He has manifested himself to us right in
the eyes of the world. Sinners have seen
his healing power. Saints have been
strengthened and encouraged. We truly
can say, " My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit rejoiceth in God my Savior."
His praises shall continually be in my
mouth. Your saved sister, all on the altar,
Mrs. Tishie Lea.
Osyka, Miss.
" The way of the Lord - is strength."
DIVINE HEALING.
A BIBLE DOCTRINE.
BY W. D. 31 ' CRAW.
ARTICLE II.
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